> Those months are going to be bad, but the guy will return to his normal life pretty soon.
I don't know what life is like in other countries, but in the US the branding of having been to prison makes a normal life difficult. My brother made a bad mistake of striking a federal employee about ten years ago and he still can't get work doing more than clearing dishes because of it. He's brilliant, btw, but he'll probably never have an office job or similar ever again.
I'd guess if anything it's worse in the EU since you don't even need to actually go to prison to have a bad permanent record, sometimes a fine for something as trivial as a regulatory violation will have the same effect. Heck, I think in most cases it's enough to have a bad credit status in order to be disqualified from finding work.
On the other hand, I don't think a regular office job is what Mr Sunde needs or wants. It's clear that he'll do bigger and more public things with his life.
I don't know what life is like in other countries, but in the US the branding of having been to prison makes a normal life difficult. My brother made a bad mistake of striking a federal employee about ten years ago and he still can't get work doing more than clearing dishes because of it. He's brilliant, btw, but he'll probably never have an office job or similar ever again.