In May, 2007, the New York Times reported on the guilty plea to criminal charges in Federal Court in the State of Virginia wherein the OxyContin maker paid $600 million in fines and other payments. Three executives of Purdue Pharma, including its president and his top lawyer pled guilty as individuals to misbranding a criminal violation they also paid $34 million in fines but got no jail time! E
How sad that Corporations, who are People, can act criminally and only have to pay a fine, something which is abhorrent.
It’s now 2019, over 10 years later form the original guilty plea of 2007. It is time to indict all the Board members criminally together with their senior staffers implementing the decisions made. Let us not forget that homicide is a general intent crime with no Statute of Limitations in most States. Thus deaths that are a direct, likely, and probable consequence of the decisions made by these disgusting people did in fact commit homicide on a grand scale. Over 400,000 have died since 1990. That is more than twice the number of Americans who died killing Nazis in World War II in Europe. Yet we continue to fine them as opposed to confiscating all of their assets under civil forfeiture rules, together with criminal prosecutions. It’s disgusting and any Atty. General as part of this case should immediately file Criminal charges against the individuals.
It is indeed a failure of equal protection under the law than individuals who murder people go to prison for long terms, especially a black, but not corporate executives. It is equally disturbing that the State Bar Associations don’t pressure the Atty. Generals to take such action, indicative of how worthless and spineless the Bar Associations have become. They should be taken over by civilian oversight and control. It is time for every attorney who helped the pharmacies kill 400,000 also the indicted.
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In May, 2007, the New York Times reported on the guilty plea to criminal charges in Federal Court in the State of Virginia wherein the OxyContin maker paid $600 million in fines and other payments. Three executives of Purdue Pharma, including its president and his top lawyer pled guilty as individuals to misbranding a criminal violation they also paid $34 million in fines but got no jail time! E
How sad that Corporations, who are People, can act criminally and only have to pay a fine, something which is abhorrent.
It’s now 2019, over 10 years later form the original guilty plea of 2007. It is time to indict all the Board members criminally together with their senior staffers implementing the decisions made. Let us not forget that homicide is a general intent crime with no Statute of Limitations in most States. Thus deaths that are a direct, likely, and probable consequence of the decisions made by these disgusting people did in fact commit homicide on a grand scale. Over 400,000 have died since 1990. That is more than twice the number of Americans who died killing Nazis in World War II in Europe. Yet we continue to fine them as opposed to confiscating all of their assets under civil forfeiture rules, together with criminal prosecutions. It’s disgusting and any Atty. General as part of this case should immediately file Criminal charges against the individuals.
It is indeed a failure of equal protection under the law than individuals who murder people go to prison for long terms, especially a black, but not corporate executives. It is equally disturbing that the State Bar Associations don’t pressure the Atty. Generals to take such action, indicative of how worthless and spineless the Bar Associations have become. They should be taken over by civilian oversight and control. It is time for every attorney who helped the pharmacies kill 400,000 also the indicted.