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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by __jal on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:35PM (#19668190)
Heard someone saying "What took so long?" in my office.

I pointed out that the Enron scandal events started in the 90s, started making news in 2001, and Skilling was sentenced in 2006.

The wheels of justice grind slowly.

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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by munk-a on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:41PM (#19669187)
There's a difference though - in the US those wheels never really grind, so, I was assuming nothing would ever come from this... Apparently Germany actually likes justice and laws though?
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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by Thrymr on Monday April 15, 2019 @07:18PM (#19669731)
Jeffrey Skilling in fact served 12 years in federal prison. The wheels did grind eventually.
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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by ionised on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:07AM (#19672913)
And how many people who have done worse have received similar punishments since?
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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by jupp0r on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:28AM (#19671558)
Not sure what you are talking about, the US jailed a VW executive in 2017 already [1].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/06/oliver-schm...

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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging by snovv_crash on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:54AM (#19671656)
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but mince very finely.
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