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Re:Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid s... by FpUser on Thursday June 27, 2024 @09:39PM (#40816979)
>"There is no criminal underclass of convicted billionaire sociopaths"

To that I agree. However you can not make laws specifically criminalizing rich for "violations of accepted ethical norms". It will just open floodgates diverting regular and poor to underclass. This whole criminal background check should be made illegal with some very specific exceptions. It hunts people for the rest of their lives. Europe handles this situation much better in general from what I've heard.

Re:Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid s... by harimau777 on Friday June 28, 2024 @09:45AM (#40820558)
My understanding is that for regular theft, there are different classes of charges depending on the amount stolen. Perhaps we could apply a similar approach at the top end? E.g. laws that only kick in when there has been more than a billion in damages or thousands of deaths?
Re:Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid s... by FpUser on Saturday June 29, 2024 @03:39PM (#40832900)
>"more than a billion in damages or thousands of deaths?"

They were proposing criminal charges for "violating ethical norms" which is a bit different.