♫Oh, Mexico | It sounds so simple, I just got to go
CNN:
Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” by booking a one-way ticket to Mexico departing in January 2022, shortly after the Theranos founder was convicted of fraud, prosecutors alleged in a new court filing Friday.
Holmes was convicted last January of defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. In November, she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. She has appealed her conviction and does not start her prison sentence until this spring, a waiting period that prosecutors described as “generous” and due to her being pregnant.
Prosecutors argue that Holmes should start her prison term sooner than the scheduled April 27, 2023 because she remains a flight risk. Especially since she “has the means to act on that incentive.”
Holmes’ attorneys claim she bought the ticket in advance of the conviction she thought she’d avoid. She had a wedding to attend in Mexico.
“There are not two systems of justice – one for the wealthy and one for the poor – there is one criminal justice system in this country,” prosecutors stated in the filing. They argue that “under that system, the time has come” for Holmes to answer for her crimes.
Arguing that we have just one system of justice sounds more aspirational than operational these days. We won’t have that more perfect union until we practice equal justice.
Watch this space for what happens with Donald Trump and his co-conspirators. Equal justice for all in this country is as contested a concept as ever.
Honestly, I’d love for Trump to try fleeing the country.