Uncle Z's former domestic remailer sentenced to 17 years

[flenser]

I gotta say I'm surprised anyone would hold low-level employees equally responsible for, or at least deserving of the same penalties, as the executives who orchestrated the crime. Oh well.

I have seen it first hand. Being poor doesn't excuse being evil.

What do you think about the inequity in criminal defense. The low-level employee gets a public defender while executives get entire team of $1000/hour attorneys to defend them against same charges. Ok too?

I'm not a fan of our legal system, no. Common law is more to my liking.

Speaking of the GM executives, they escaped prosecution thanks to GM deal with feds.

That was my (poorly stated) point. Unless CEOs make strong political enemies, they are rarely penalized in proportion to their crimes, but in inverse proportion to their political influence.

 

[MANWHORE]

The real crime is that you bought a VW.

Yea you shoulda bought a Scion

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Toyota was fined 1.2 Billion for the lives of I think 89 people their vehicles killed over a decades span. That was the last update I'm aware of any way. I don't recall if any exec's spent any time in prison for their blatant cover up

 

[Big_paul]

Wasn't he busted for manufacturing as well?

 

[Big_paul]

Out of his garage no less

 

[MANWHORE]

Out of his garage no less

Yea no shit now the town is going to get him on back taxes for not claiming the garage as a living space ..
Brewing space ..
Can they do that

 

[Big Mike]

Steroid or AAS laws are so ridiculous, an absolute joke!


Big Mike

 

[Big_paul]

Yea no shit now the town is going to get him on back taxes for not claiming the garage as a living space ..
Brewing space ..
Can they do that

I'm not going to judge any one for tax evasion.

 

[MANWHORE]

I'm not going to judge any one for tax evasion.

And I'm not going to judge anyone for being a USA remailer for gear