can anyone tell me the justification for putting Samuel Bankman-fried in prison for 25 years but Trump gets a fine? Is it federal vs. state?

Pretty much what the title says. I know he's a former president and has all of his supporters, but what's the official reason? Thanks.

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I suggest you scroll down.

I did, none of it was applicable to the discussion you just discovered everyone except you was having...

Read the accepted answer, it provides, in my opinion proper, reasoning for why it was a civil and not a criminal trial.