Michael McCann, the longtime district attorney of Milwaukee County,
(retired 12 / 31 / 2006 )was best known for prosecuting Jeffrey Dahmer.
McCann had also prosecuted more than ten corporations for reckless
homicide over the last two decades and had won every case (162). But he
did not convict any people. Just the corporations.
One of the things we need is legislation to mandate criminal charges for
“The Reckless Operation of a Corporation”. It needs to include
mandatory jail sentences when the CEO of a corporation t recklessly
operates the corporation and that results in the death of someone.
It amounts to “Negligent Homicide” and it happens all of the time. The one real difference between you and me committing reckless homicide with a vehicle while intoxicated and a CEO driving his corporation is thatt
the courts do not charge our car with a crime. The courts would charge
us. But not so with a CEO and their corporation. Usually, it is only the
corporation that gets charged with a crime., if at all. Not the CEO and
or other corporate exec’s.
The criminal negligent homicide laws used against
corporation’s 162 are not uniform with various State
laws and the laws vary dramatically, from State to State 162 .
Another report that concerns the variances of State laws
(besides 162 ) is:
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION REPORT
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Law Firm FEBRUARY 18, 2010.
The PDF report is posted at:
http://www.shb.com/newsletters/PLLR/PLLR021810.pdf
While convictions of corporations for negligent homicide are rare,
it has been done (162). Though presently, such “situations” usually result in Deferred and Non Prosecution Agreements. Of which are
usually arranged by way of methods deployed in manipulating health
care with “Tacit Conspiracies” of “the revolving door” and
tractable money trails (MT1, MT2, MT4). It is rather rare, but
on occasion, all of the dots get connects to demonstrate how this
works. One example is an article by the Los Angeles Times (MT3)
about a case that echoes the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling. The
Times reported that a few Congressman combined their influences to
prevent the investigations and prosecutions of am (that is one) of the
S&L banking rip off’s in the 1980s that cost taxpayers $1.6 billion (MT3).
Reference article titled;
Crime Without Conviction: The Rise of Deferred and Non Prosecution Agreements
By Russell Mokhiber Editor of Corporate Crime Reporter December 28, 2005 and posted at
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/deferredreport.htm
Of which does leave me to wonder how often history might repeat
itself, when such large sums of cash are involved (MT3) ?
Legislation for “Mandatory Criminal Charges and Sentences”
would set a cascading set of events into motion that would ultimately
“Fix The MIC’s” ! It would
simply “jam up” the typical operating procedures of such
“Tacit Conspiracies”.
The prevention of “profit losses” to a corporations stock value is
some thing that I suspect the CEO’s of large corporations do not
want the shareholders to consider, when it comes to legislation with
criminal charges for the “Reckless Operation of a Corporation”.
One of the strategies (and reference material) that I am reviewing
is that legislation for “The Reckless Operation of a Corporation” could
dramatically improve the bottom line profits of large corporations. The
basic strategy is that “it is always about the money”. While the CEO’s of
large corporations take risks in the hopes of being rewarded for raising
profits, they often ignore the consequences because their “personal risk”
is not that much of a factor.
Some examples were documented. Such as the 60 Minutes episode
about the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Disaster. The interview with
a survivor and Professor Bob Bea exposes how a BP exec took control
of the operation (after a heated exchange) and took risks that caused
the disaster, in the hopes of making “more profit”.
In reference:
Deepwater Horizon’s Blowout, Part 2 - 60 Minutes - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6795540n
The amount of money that BP has had to spend trying to clean
up the mess and it’s “liability” could have been mitigated if
not prevented by a law for the criminal prosecution for the
“Reckless Operation of a Corporation”. It is a scenario that
appears to be more that a “common thread” with such “situations”,
after researching this, for over a decade.
(Work in progress with macular degeneration handicap - TK)
Other example extend to our food safety, too.
Search terms:
“peanut butter salmonella criminal charges”
For anyone wanting to help research this:
“Massey coal miner deaths criminal charges”
and
“criminal charges corporation”
You might think that would be a tough case to prove. But the district
attorney that convicted Jeffrey Dahmer also convicted ten corporations
of negligent homicide (162). The reasons why this is so rarely done are
investigated, here.
(Work in progress with macular degeneration handicap - TK)
American Roulette;
It is the red of white and blue collar crime in America.
American Roulette - Red Collar Crime
http://sites.google.com/site/toxicrevelations/red-collar-crime—american-roulette
Partial excerpt:
Revolvers are for Russians.:
In America, we use use products, health care services, BP Oil Rigs
nuclear reactors (y, z), food safety, Safety On The Job and labor rights. Amy thing
that can “turn a profit”, while not being easily recognized
as the life and death gambling for profits with “Red Collar Crimes”.
Additional reference article:
The Next Wave – Call It Red Collar Crime
Published by **Corporate Crime Reporter **32(1), August 3, 2006
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/redcollarcrime080306.htm