
If there is something common between ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and American former decathlete David Bunevacz, it's their prison sentences.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi had racked up a total of 26 years of jail sentences so far reportedly for various law violations that obviously were intended to prevent her from leading her country and sidelining the power-hungry military.
Meanwhile, Bunevacz was recently convicted of defrauding investors of $45.2 million and will spend 17 years and 6 months in federal prison as punishment, according to CBS News. He reportedly fooled more than 100 victims into giving money for a fake cannabis vape pens business to fund his lavish lifestyle instead of giving them returns on investment.
The only difference between the two's convictions is that Suu Kyi may serve her sentence at home as usual while Bunevacz will serve his in a federal prison housing other convicts. If ever the 77-year-old Suu Kyi fully completes her sentence, she will be free by the age of 103. For his part, the 53-year-old Bunevacz will be out of prison when he is 70.
Of course, they don't like being jailed, more so for that long. But knowing that other convicts have longer prison sentences may let them accept their fate.
For sure, Suu Kyi and Bunevacz will find their sentences more acceptable than Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar's.
Oktar, who hosted a TV show featuring young women dancers, along with 215 other associates, were sentenced by a court in Istanbul last week after they were convicted of sexual assault and other crimes in a retrial, New York Daily News reported.
The preacher of conservative values and creationism was initially arrested in 2018 for running a criminal ring disguised as a heterodox Islamic cult, according to NYDN.
If ever the 66-year-old Oktar completes his long sentence that also applies to 10 of his convicted associates, he could already be "deceased" after staying 8,658 years in his new home.