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> Criminal convictions of CEOs are useful. Yes, if they actually committed a crime and there is evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. A drug dealer
by crazy1van 11y ago
> Criminal convictions of CEOs are useful.
Yes, if they actually committed a crime and there is evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
A drug dealer who gives all his money to feed the poor is morally good but legally a criminal. A CEO who lays off a chunk of his company to upgrade his yacht is a slimeball but not a criminal.
Being morally repugnant is not the same as being a criminal. The urge to ignore the letter of the law and obey the will of the mob turns us into a nation of men instead of a nation of laws.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoThere's not much point being a nation of unjust laws, so they should probably be rewritten to criminalize the really severe harms and impose less penalty on less-severe harms.