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Originally Posted by jyl
Here is my real question: should we demand severe jail sentences like this for more corporate crimes? How to decide when you just get sued and face bankruptcy, and when you go to jail for 20-30 years?. Should we require a certain number of deaths, or should we jail people who cause financial harm (e.g. subprime crisis) or environmental damage (e.g. toxic waste dumping). Should we require many years of deliberate illegal actions, or would one intentional crime be enough?
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One crime should be enough to land you in jail. If it's a crime, you should be punished. Unfortunately, there is a lot of money in it for the government to negotiate a fine with a corporation and a lot of expense to put a criminal up in jail. We let corporations pay a price for an employee's criminal behavior because that's where the money is.