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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by secondaryacct on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:09AM (#29791625)
But then you must charge all the employees who did so, instead of her. Her crime is fraud because she told investor one thing and commanded employees another.

But it's not the army, they could refuse, they all did the tests and gave the false results back to humans, which is unfathomable in healthcare. She s eventually responsible but her job was on investor relationship.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by HWR_14 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:24AM (#29791719)
> But it's not the army, they could refuse

Officers are not only allowed to, but required to, refuse illegal orders in the Army. Enlisted troops are allowed the "just following orders" excuse, but not officers who should know better.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:37AM (#29791791)
> Enlisted troops are allowed the "just following orders" excuse

Within certain bounds; even enlisted can be convicted of crimes for following palpably unlawful orders.

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