We should hold this kind of empathy and look at the root causes of things for all crime and issues in our society. That said, she still did wrong and that should be addressed in some way. But destroying her life with jail time and heavy fines seems way over the top. Especially in a country where mega corporations and finance firms get away with insane financial crimes daily. The rich constantly cheat on their taxes and simultaneously make sure we don’t have the resources to properly investigate them. This lady and her few thousand dollars are nothing.