I think that was basically the argument one of the DuPont heirs made when they were convicted of extremely heinous stuff that is NSFL to look up… the “my client wouldn’t do well in prison” so they got like house arrest on one of their estates.

similar with like Turner Brock or the “affluenza” kid who got drunk and rammed into a family on the road, killing most of them.

rich people’s lives are too important to ruin with consequences for their actions, no matter how egregious.