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To: george wythe
Ok, I guess I'm wrong, in US financial criminals not prosecuted.
16 posted on 11/04/2003 11:03:21 AM PST by RussianConservative (Hristos: the Light of the World)
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To: RussianConservative
In America, we have a weird tradition called "the rule of law."

Unless it can be proven otherwise in a court of law, a person is innocent until proven guilty.

Suspicions, innuendos, unlikability, ugliness and ideology are not reasons for putting people in jail.

If the law enforcement agencies ever get hold of sufficient evidence against Ken Lay, he will be charged.

Otherwise, President Bush has no power to send the FBI to pick Kenneth Lay because Lay is unpopular and considered a crook by most of us.

17 posted on 11/04/2003 11:07:59 AM PST by george wythe
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To: RussianConservative
Ok, I guess I'm wrong, in US financial criminals not prosecuted.

Wrong, people who violate our criminal laws on business and commerce, particularly those who manipulate a company's stock, ARE prosecuted. The U.S. Government even maintains a special prison for them.

27 posted on 11/04/2003 3:07:39 PM PST by OldPossum
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