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I'm suggesting that he needs to be accountable on his own terms for his actions and should be held to the same standards as his judgement. It's not a big deal
by csmuk 13y ago
I'm suggesting that he needs to be accountable on his own terms for his actions and should be held to the same standards as his judgement.
It's not a big deal for him as a prosecutor. Perhaps it'll be uncomfortable for a bit but the real story is:
$500 fine. Acceptable risk.
500 hours community service. Acceptable risk.
Struck off... Acceptable risk.
Why?
His career was certainly not destroyed. He can quite happily fall into a cosy job in a corporate back office as a legal consultant through his contact network and still get a nice pension.
- arrrg 13y agoAcceptable risk? How far removed from reality are you? The punishment he received seems quite horrific and life-destroying to me. Two months wages for withholding tax is acceptable. Losing your career? Not. I’m pretty sure that if prosecutors knew that they will be punished like that and if they knew that punishment is somewhat likely they would rather not do it. Consistency and a high detection rate seem like the most promising ways to improve this, not the severity of the punishment. But Americans are obsessed with their draconian punishment. Nothing new here.
- csmuk 13y agoActually I'm in the UK. His career is not lost. This is a minor setback. If you've ever worked in corporate law departments, you'll find lots of struck off legal professionals. They still play golf on the same courses, still get paid the same. Their little empires just move.