I'm conflicted, because I do want people punished in a general sense for wrongdoing, but I am also opposed to expanding the authority of the state to punish. If these people have violated criminal laws, then they should be held accountable (just as those in the Bush administration who committed war crimes should be ignored for political reasons), but I don't know enough about this situation to know if any criminal laws were violated. There are a lot of laws out there which aren't criminal, and if those were the laws broken, then there shouldn't be criminal penalties.
At the same time, the civil lawsuit machine is only starting the get rolling. After all, the people harmed here were mostly lawyers-- they're not to miss out on a chance to collect.
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Date: 2008-08-12 04:17 pm (UTC)At the same time, the civil lawsuit machine is only starting the get rolling. After all, the people harmed here were mostly lawyers-- they're not to miss out on a chance to collect.