[Lothar]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

So here's what happens when you "punish" only the guilty individual.

The institution, corporation, whatever, hires individuals whose primary purpose is to be the fall guy. They are paid well to take the hit if it comes to it. They are taken care of afterwards. Of course most of these people will not agree to engage in activity that will likely result in jail time although I suspect there may be a few who you can make it worth their while to take the risk.

The institution, corporation, whatever, goes on, business-as-usual.

And no, I'm not making it up, I've seen it first hand, several times.

And of course, that justifies punishing the innocent.