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  • September 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Misc | no comments

    Is Corporate Fraud Really Worse than Rape?

    Two Tyco execs were just sentenced to 25 years for their corruption and embezzlement of corporate funds. Ebbers, for his WorldCom fraud also got 25 years. The sentence calls to mind the magnitude of corporate criminals compared to other more heinous crimes.

    Take the case of Joesph Edward Duncan III who raped and tortured a 14 year old boy at gunpoint and received a 20 year sentence, 5 years shorter than the Tyco execs. How about John Wesley, who after being convicted in 2004 for child molestation while out on probation is back in jail for harassing a 7 and 8 year old girl. Or Mary Letourneau who served only a 7 year sentence for raping a 13 year-old child while she was his teacher. Can someone explain the rationale for sentencing someone who defrauded stock holders harsher than rapists? Is there anyone out there who would care to argue that corporate corruption is worse than rape?

    There are those that think even life without parole is too much for murders, rapists and the like, but no punishment seems to be enough for corporate criminals. Why is this?

    It is part of the rich-poor class warfare stoked by the left. If you are rich, you should be punished. Instead of simply having more modest sentences with hefty restitution and fines, they get sentences harder than the ACLU would ever stand for a rapist to be sentenced for.

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  • September 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Law / Legal Issues, Local, Politics | 8 comments

    DI Responses: I am amused

    I make points, the lefties bring ad hominems. I’m amused.

    Another column kinda in response

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  • September 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | DailyIllini, Freedom of Speech, Law / Legal Issues, Politics, University of Illinois | no comments