Barbara Fried SBF sentencing submission

These letters also spend a lot of time painting a picture of moral clarity and show a picture deeply involved in researching a decision.

With that, how could such person not see they are clearly doing something wrong?

This letter should hopefully fall on deaf ears. It contains nothing of substance. Sam was responsible for his actions and knew what he was doing, was he not? That's what the entire trial was for. All of the other stuff is inconsequential. If Sam can't feel happiness and just wants to bring others happiness, then it's a strange lifestyle to order lavish meals, penthouses, private jets, hobnobbing with celebrities and politicians, etc. And she contradicts her own statement that prison has afforded Sam little opportunities to do good. And to a certain extent, prison is to not afford opportunities to people to do harm to the world. Sam and his cohorts cost many people because of narcissism and effectively an addiction to gambling.