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Criminal proceedings against an entire company don't result in people going to jail, right? While it seems pretty rare for this to happen, the officers of a co
by CWuestefeld 11y ago
Criminal proceedings against an entire company don't result in people going to jail, right?
While it seems pretty rare for this to happen, the officers of a corporation can be held criminally liable for the actions of the corp.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThey can be, but that allows criminal proceedings against the officer, it doesn't change that proceeding against the company, as such, cannot result in any individual going to jail, since the individual isn't the company (they are distinct legal persons) and one person can't be sent to prison based on another person being convicted of a crime.