
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Caroline will benefit in sentencing from the fact that she's very innocent and non-threatening looking. She's a young, homely, stereotypical female nerd whom you'd picture was a social outcast her entire life. It will be easy for her lawyers to paint her as a dorky, naive young girl who got manipulated by SBF into going along with his grand plans to improve the world, and didn't fully realize the extent of what she was doing. They'll also state that she quickly came to New York and spilled her guts, once she realized how bad everything really was.
She doesn't have the "evil bitch" looks or demeanor at all. Quite the opposite.
The judge might have a hard time looking at her and seeing a serious criminal. So you're right, she may get something like 5 years.