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As an outsider and taking a view over my adult lifetime (25 years), it seems to me the US is relatively tough on white collar crime. That's just my impression o

As an outsider and taking a view over my adult lifetime (25 years), it seems to me the US is relatively tough on white collar crime. That's just my impression obviously. At least in the US there are heavy sentences and cases that are prosecuted seem to stick.

capableweb 4y ago
As another outsider, "selective enforcement" seems to be the name of the game in the US. Martin Shkreli was sentenced to 7 years in prison for securities fraud, while not a single person seems to have received any sentence related to the (ongoing) opioid crisis in the US mainly created by pharmaceutical companies. I'm not saying Shkreli didn't deserve his conviction, but how is no one yet deemed responsible for the drugs currently ravaging across America? Another example is Elon Musk, who flagrantly breaks various laws (like the whole "Taking Tesla private" thing) but never ends up in prison, only having to pay fines that are much lower than the profits he extract from public markets.
- boeingUH60 4y ago
  > While not a single person seems to have received any sentence related to the (ongoing) opioid crisis in the US mainly created by pharmaceutical companies. Not true. Many doctors who illegally prescribed opioids have received long sentences. Here are a few examples; https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-delaware-doctor-sentenced-20-years-prison-unlawfully-distributing-opioid-pills https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-delaware-doctor-senten... https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/virginia-doctor-sentenced-to-40-years-prison-after-conviction-more-than-800-opioid-counts https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/virginia-doctor-s... https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/ampfiles/ampbanner/cnn-app-banner-manifest.json https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/ampfiles/ampbanner/cnn-app-banner-ma... But, for unclear reasons, the pharmaceutical companies that supplied the opioids are mainly staking through with fines but hardly jail term for personnel.
  - Gibbon1 4y ago
    Old money and big money doesn't go to prison in the US ever.

capableweb 4y ago

As another outsider, "selective enforcement" seems to be the name of the game in the US. Martin Shkreli was sentenced to 7 years in prison for securities fraud, while not a single person seems to have received any sentence related to the (ongoing) opioid crisis in the US mainly created by pharmaceutical companies. I'm not saying Shkreli didn't deserve his conviction, but how is no one yet deemed responsible for the drugs currently ravaging across America? Another example is Elon Musk, who flagrantly breaks various laws (like the whole "Taking Tesla private" thing) but never ends up in prison, only having to pay fines that are much lower than the profits he extract from public markets.

boeingUH60 4y ago
> While not a single person seems to have received any sentence related to the (ongoing) opioid crisis in the US mainly created by pharmaceutical companies. Not true. Many doctors who illegally prescribed opioids have received long sentences. Here are a few examples; https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-delaware-doctor-sentenced-20-years-prison-unlawfully-distributing-opioid-pills https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-delaware-doctor-senten... https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/virginia-doctor-sentenced-to-40-years-prison-after-conviction-more-than-800-opioid-counts https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/virginia-doctor-s... https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/ampfiles/ampbanner/cnn-app-banner-manifest.json https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/ampfiles/ampbanner/cnn-app-banner-ma... But, for unclear reasons, the pharmaceutical companies that supplied the opioids are mainly staking through with fines but hardly jail term for personnel.
- Gibbon1 4y ago
  Old money and big money doesn't go to prison in the US ever.