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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
8. I've seen 3) and 4) used to bring about changes in behavior.
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 06:24 PM
Nov 2012

I went under oath on a case before it was going to court with the attorneys. defendents and plaintiffs . They were all trying to shuffle the blame until I pulled out proofs of their willful recklessness after being repeatedly warned.

They had done what they did with foreknowledge to cut costs and advance their careers. They were disregarding the pain they were causing until iot blew up in their face. As soon as the attorney for the plaintiffs sent tmy papers to be copied and they was passed around, defendents took one look, folded and settled immediately.

If only people would do their work with integrity and not avarice and venality, many things could be avoided, a lot of lives saved. BP has earned whatever is coming to them. They'll survive.

If Romney had been elected, this would not be happening. I look forward to seeing an continued cleansing of this corruption by corporations and others ruining the lives of others so they could play masters of the universe.

I think it should be felony murder dsc Nov 2012 #1
Levels of mens rea. OnyxCollie Nov 2012 #4
I've seen 3) and 4) used to bring about changes in behavior. freshwest Nov 2012 #8
there are plenty of people serving life sentences for driving to robberies where a death occured dsc Nov 2012 #9
Yeah, but those people were poor OnyxCollie Nov 2012 #11
Let's see if they start singing like canaries now and pointing fingers upstairs. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #2
That's equivalent to a $10000 fine for manslaughter ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #3
Oh, they "Come Down Hard", do they... DreamGypsy Nov 2012 #5
If corporations are people, my friend, where's the prison sentence?! Hekate Nov 2012 #6
I'll believe that corporations are people RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #7
$4.5 Billion is a joke. marmar Nov 2012 #10
That's like $1 Flying Squirrel Nov 2012 #21
If corporations are people onethatcares Nov 2012 #12
Ain't that the goddamn truth! Orrex Nov 2012 #13
... CountAllVotes Nov 2012 #14
phony wayward: "I just want my life back!" triplepoint Nov 2012 #15
I wonder when and how it will be paid. nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #16
they have 5 years to pay it, they pull in about 4.5 bil a quarter so the feds leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #17
In other words they got away with murder and paid a parking ticket. bahrbearian Nov 2012 #18
Not nearly enough... Earth_First Nov 2012 #19
Finally. Some justice. Ash_F Nov 2012 #20
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