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> ZHONG, 32, of Gainesville, Georgia, and Athens, Georgia, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

> The maximum potential sentence in this case is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge. ZHONG is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Gardephe on February 22, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.

To be determined!

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Why is there no jury of peers? I do not understand legal system in America.

There’s no jury if you plead guilty. He didn’t have to be convicted because he admitted to the crime as part of a plea bargain.

Prosecutors in US conspire to deprive defendants of their rights by creating a 'plea bargain' system where federal defendants almost always plead guilty in exchange for not being 'taxed' with often multiples of the bargained number of years in jail for daring to exercise their right to trial, where they will be crushed by an asymmetric system of the massiveness of the US government verse whatever meager amount they have to spend on an attorney and expert witnesses.

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