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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by Al-Khwarizmi on Thursday December 07, 2017 @04:42AM (#15868788)
the risk of recidivism is about nil

Why? As far as I know, recidivism in corruption is rather common. And if you send the corruptors home with a pat on the back, it will probably be more common.

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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by tempestn on Thursday December 07, 2017 @04:53AM (#15868830)
Fair point, speaking of corruption in general. I meant more along the lines of doing specifically this again. The situation has changed such that companies are not likely to get away with gaming emissions in this way anymore. But yes, someone inclined to cheat in one way might be inclined to cheat in others.
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