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Corporations can be held criminally liable, but they can't go to prison. And while lots of countries have gotten rid of the death penalty, a corporation can act
by acka 11mo ago
Corporations can be held criminally liable, but they can't go to prison. And while lots of countries have gotten rid of the death penalty, a corporation can actually be "executed" by getting dissolved.
I think these are some pretty big deals.
- hrimfaxi 11mo agoAre those things unique to corporations though? A dead person can be held criminally liable but can't go to prison.
- thfuran 11mo agoCan a dead person be held criminally liable? I wouldn’t think the case would proceed.
- hrimfaxi 11mo agoIt's happened at least once, though in papal court not criminal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod Though I would be surprised if not once in human history in some kangaroo court a dead person was put on trial for a crime. edit: Here's one though it resulted in a mistrial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plummer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plummer