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Originally posted by Deltaquarius
Livid is what I'm feeling as well! If there are any lawyers checkin' in, can you please explain to me how she gets away with such a light sentence? Can Delta sue her for mis-representation? She stole someone's identity and I would think that, in and of itself, would get her some jail time. 
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Well, Sorors, it is sad to say that the reality of the American Legal system is that she got the sentence I would have expected. (I am an attorney BTW) Truth be told, that if she was a first time offender with no criminal record for a non violent crime she was not going to actually go to jail. From the article it is not clear if she really stole an identity or if she fraudulently used someone else's teaching certificate (as opposed to their name, ssn, etc.) so there may not be an identity theft case lurking in there. BUT I do not see how she succeeded in providing transcripts to Quaker City if she DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL. We had to send certified sealed copies from the university, mailed to the chapter. Did she successfully fake them or what? I am truly disheartened. She was chapter president for heaven's sakes!
In the big picture people get probation for violent crimes, assault, theft, drug possession. Fraud is not necessarily going to do it. If she had embezzled money or something maybe but not with these facts.