• Incandemon@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      Yep. Once again they prove that ‘the law’ only applies to the poor. If you or I killed some one its life in prison, if a corporation kills someone in pursuit of profits its a fine. When will prison/the death penalty come for the corporate world poisoning the plant from unchecked greed?

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      You’ve never heard of a consent decree or plea bargain? They’re common legal tools to avoid lengthy and expensive trials.

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      It’s part of getting a traffic ticket. Agree, confess, mail your check to the judge. Or take time off to show up and contest it.

    • TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml
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      6 months ago

      The child labour fees plus the fine probably works out cheaper than employing off legal working age workers, so it isn’t really a fine.