Too Big to Jail
American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. But when prosecutors target the Goliaths of the corporate world, they find themselves at a huge disadvantage. Too Big to Jail takes reader… Celý popis ↓
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Too Big to Jail
American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. But when prosecutors target the Goliaths of the corporate world, they find themselves at a huge disadvantage. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States.Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes that allow an entire firm to be held liable for a crime by a single employee.
Presenting detailed data from more than a decade of federal cases, Brandon Garrett reveals a pattern The government that bailed out corporations considered too economically important to fail also negotiates settlements permitting giant firms to avoid the consequences of criminal convictions.