Canadian Robber Wants Exchange Rate on Term
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A Canadian man, facing seven years in jail for robbing an upstate New York bank, wants a discount on his sentence to account for his country’s weaker exchange rate against the U.S. dollar.
Robert Moisescu contends he should serve only four years, because the Canadian dollar is worth roughly 60% of a U.S. greenback.
He won a delay of sentencing with the argument, but Dist. Atty. Richard Cantwell was unmoved.
“I can’t believe that he believes that,” Cantwell said. “He knew that ... seven years is the same in every country in the world.”
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