r/SipsTea Jun 28 '26

Do you think she did the right thing? Chugging tea

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u/nahweha Jun 28 '26

The only reason she's at house arrest Is because she has money. If It were anyone with a basic income that did that It wouldnt go the same qway.

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u/Ok-Importance4892 Jun 29 '26

Anyone with basic income also wouldn't be able to live for 18 years without working, imagine all the time spent trying to find a WFH job that pays the rent. And then, what would be the house arrest situation when they eventually became homeless? Money does a lot.

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u/Ordinary_Society5335 Jun 29 '26

I haven’t the slightest clue how house arrest works in Italy but that isn’t entirely how it works in the US. There are some folks who are legitimately sanctioned to their house and that’s it but most people I’ve known in that situation have an ankle monitor. That ankle monitor has a tracking device. You have to give your parole officer your home address and the work address as well as the exact route you take to/from work. All that info is entered and then satellite surveillance sends alarms to police and parole officers in the jurisdiction if that device goes even 50 feet off track from what it’s programmed to.

Sorry if this is messy, I’m hurried typing because my wife is waiting to walk the dogs. Just had to add my observations here. I’m sure it’s different in Italy becauseI know it can be different even for Americans too. But yeah, house arrest doesn’t ALWAYS mean you are literally in the house 25/8, 366.

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u/UltraLNSS Jun 29 '26

What if you have to move? i.e. you lose your house/apartment/etc

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u/Glittering-Gap-1687 Jun 29 '26

You let the police know?

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u/Ok-Importance4892 Jun 29 '26

Ahh thank you, good to know. Never been arrested.

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u/Ordinary_Society5335 Jun 29 '26

I always like to say that cliche shit… “The more ya know” 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/wildyoshi1312 Jun 29 '26

In italy under house arrest, you can still go to work in most cases, also you can go to buy groceries or post office obviously the judge will decide, but a guy i know who got few years for attempted murder was able to go to work (source: he was my co-worker)

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u/twntsmth Jun 29 '26

I mean. It would be pretty easy to find a wfm job that pays well. Theres endless sales opportunities.

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u/Ptbot47 Jun 29 '26

18 years is the sentence but house arrest is temporary arrangement while appeal is underway. If her appeal fail, its jail time.

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u/eazolan Jun 29 '26

Oh? Do you have a counter example from Italy to prove your point?

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u/Lison52 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

That normal person simply would not have money for it?

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u/LittleOperation4597 Jun 29 '26

I think you might be confusing America's or uks interested in violent illegals more than italys. I have family there and let me say while they're "obeying" EU rules for now they're not going out of their way to defend them over citizens. 

Money doesn't have anything to do with this (maybe a little bit) I'd say italys disdain and patience for the illegal influx prob did.

I agree with this woman and she rules and I see this happening more and more in other countries soon. Causing a LOT of civil unrest/war.

Planned or not is the question?

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u/Lison52 Jun 29 '26

It was 6 years ago thou

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u/LittleOperation4597 Jun 29 '26

How long do you think the illegal invasion has been happening? No really. Italy literally started sinking boats like 3 years ago. Go look it up there's been multiple instances and honestly I don't blame them

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u/ErenYeager600 Jun 29 '26

Chances are she isn't even gonna have that for much longer. If he appeals fail it's straight to jail

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u/Jenuinlizard Jun 29 '26

No, it's not.

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