Politics and Poniz Schemes

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I think NC_Skins isn't as wrong on this one though. Economic crimes should be able to carry more weight at sentencing because of the number of people affected. But if the death penalty lawsuit costs are cost prohibitive now, imagine a DA trying to push it through against a corporate CEO's legal defense team. Even if legal, states simply would never try it, for fear of bankruptcy. And that's using government lawyers fees LOL!!!

I agree. White collar crimes should carry stiffer sentencing b/c of the number of people they effect, the difficulty in prosecuting them and the chilling effect it would have on executives in their decisions (I may be wrong, but I believe executives would be more responsive to deterrent sentencing b/c they are more likely to respond to the risk/reward analysis necessary for deterrence to be effective than a criminal committing a violent crime of opportunity).

As for the death penalty being imposed when no one has been killed - well, that's beyond an eye for an eye. Deprive them of their liberty for the rest of their life (w/out chance of parole) in an appropriately un-posh jail and I am all good with that.