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and a Sackler will never see the inside of a prison for either the opioid epidemic itself or the looting of purdue pharma into their family coffers
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Soooo... Who is going to jail? They just gonna lock the neon sign from the building up or....
Best we can do is fine the company for .0000003% of the profits made with the act in question, but only this fiscal year, less expenses.
Didn't read the article. I'm assuming it's to cover their asses for the next admin that might prosecute or punish them.
Sentenced? That means people that made those desicions are going to jail finally right...
...right?
ordered to pay criminal penalties
Oh
Killing people knowingly selling harmful products = fines.
Killing people by refusing to cover medical care = shrug.
Killing people by refusing them access to food and shelter... Goal achievement.
Shooting those responsible = prison or the death penalty.
When you pay to make the rules, this is what you get.
So uh, it says that if Purdue takes the deal and changes into a public benefit company, the money they make goes to opioid treatment programs, but it never says anything about where the billions in penalties is going.... This is a disgusting deal.
5 billion? It should be their entire revenue since the first time one of their sales reps lied about the addiction potential. The fines should pierce the corporate veil. Everyone who has ever been an executive or board member should be in prison for the rest of their miserable lives. The entire company should be liquidated and all their patents rescinded.
hmm, don't know what this new company will be:
"NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits takes effect."