Sunday, June 06, 2010
Perp walk? What perp walk!
McClatchy looks at the possible results of the criminal investigation by the DOJ into The Hayward Blowout.
If history is any guide, however, don't expect to see the chief executive of BP in handcuffs.I am not a lawyer, I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express but it seems to me that the recent SCOTUS grant of human rights to corporations should carry with it the assumption of a grant of human responsibilities/liabilities. If an unincorporated human would be thrown in jail, so too should the executive officers of a corporation. Just my humble opinion.
Over the years, the Justice Department has repeatedly pursued criminal charges in major environmental accidents, from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident a decade earlier. In most high-profile environmental cases, criminal charges are brought mainly against the companies involved, while corporate executives typically escape punishment.
However, if the companies responsible for the Gulf spill are prosecuted and convicted of wrongdoing, they can expect millions of dollars in criminal fines — on top of any civil penalties — or even banishment from government contracts, experts say.
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Oh silly person, laws are for us little people, not for the MotU (Masters of the Universe). What perp walk, indeed!
- Badtux the Little Penguin
- Badtux the Little Penguin
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