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That was in fact a bribery case - they were convicted for bribing docs to prescribe their meds where it wasn’t necessary. But you’re right that phrama company e
by alfredallan1 8y ago
That was in fact a bribery case - they were convicted for bribing docs to prescribe their meds where it wasn’t necessary. But you’re right that phrama company execs are slightly more liable to be actually convicted (Martin Shkrelli is a very good case in point).
While many in pharma still get off scot free thanks to solid lawyers, one can only hope for similar results in other industries.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoA sentence of X is a sentence of X regardless of what charge you're convicted on. Dig up a massive amount of dirt and sift through it until you find something that has the kind of sentence you're looking for and you can easily make a conviction on (regardless of whether or not it has anything to do with the crime at hand) is prosecuting crimes 101. Martha Stewart, Bill Clinton, Al Capone, etc, etc. Now, this is a crappy solution because it basically relies on the proliferation of criminal law and catch-all laws (both of which are bad IMO) and the fact that given any random thirteen people you can convince twelve of them that the thirteenth is a criminal if you have enough information about the 13th. Ideally charges would be related to the crime but that's not a practical strategy for prosecuting well connected defendants at present.
- alfredallan1 8y agoTrue… a scumbag in one area wouldn’t hesitate extending their scumbaggery skills to other areas if they stand to gain something.