When you don’t read the article ^
Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal
satanmat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I long for the day that ANYTHING close to this happens in the USA
MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Nah, I get what you’re saying, but we’re used to engineers and regular workers getting arrested here. We’ve got one of the most… comprehensive?.. prison systems in the world. It’s just so rare to find executives and anyone making over $300k suffer any real consequences.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why aim low, why not public flogging, and pillories?
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
How about we don’t bring back corporal punishment. I get the sentiment, but i’d rather our justice system didn’t turn into a torture system.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Seems like it also doesn’t happen in Germany, as the post title doesn’t match the article.
The two people sent to jail are middle managers (Head of XY), not executives.
tal@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
I guess you’ve good news, then.
frezik@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
To salvage the argument, it’s quite possible this would have been different if they were from GM rather than VW.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It most likely would‘ve. Just look how quickly US courts started to turn Monsanto into shreds the very second Bayer bought it. They‘re after that so called stupid German money. Wouldn‘t work if it was American money.
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I dunno, VW is about as American as GM.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Yeah, unless they are Chief Engineers, these two are just people who got caught in the churn.
Wake me up when the President of US Operations gets sentenced to prison. Hell, I’ll even be okay with club Fed.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They are like the one guy who went to jail for the 08 financial crisis
nulluser@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not CEOs
tal@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Neither were the people in Germany.
ascense@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
According to Wikipedia, he should have a criminal trial in Germany starting this year, so it’s possible he will still get sentenced there as well.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Saudi Arabia might take him. Hell, they put up Idi Amin for the remainder of his syphilis-scarred life.
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is the most unbelievable part: a us court held management responsible for criminal behavior? Did that not pay their fines? Did no one have a spare jet to offer?