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> a criminal charge is "these guys are threats to society and should be thrown in jail". And the latter has a very high bar to meet for corporations, because co
by TomSwirly 4y ago
> a criminal charge is "these guys are threats to society and should be thrown in jail". And the latter has a very high bar to meet for corporations, because corporations rarely have the capacity or mental state to actually meet that bar[0].
Let me get this straight. Corporations should require a higher bar, because they have no ethical sense?!
- kmeisthax 4y agoNo, it's the opposite. Civil torts have a lower bar for judgment. This makes it easier to try corporations who often do not have a guilty mind - or any mind to begin with. We recognize that accidentally hitting a pedestrian with your car is different than deliberately doing the same. Both of these would be considered vehicular manslaughter (assuming the victim died) but the latter could also be a murder charge.