And now for something weird...

joeyd999

Joined Jun 6, 2011
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In a related story

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/volk...ison-role-conspiracy-cheat-us-emissions-tests

It should have been 84 years. And it is high time CEOs become financially responsible to the stock holders for egregious behavior such as his. This guy should have been left destitute but he will probbaly walk away after 84 measly months in prison an extremely wealthy man.
Nobody died, and you want to take his life? Because they cheated in an attempt to meet arbitrary and unattainable government mandated emissions goals?

You have an overdeveloped sense of justice.
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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Nobody died, and you want to take his life? Because they cheated in an attempt to meet arbitrary and unattainable government mandated emissions goals?

You have an overdeveloped sense of justice.

What life? He would be alive and well in prison where he belongs. Do you really think 84 months is enough time? He is going to walk away enormously wealthy by basically stealing from the stock holders. I think you have an underdeveloped sense of justice.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Nobody died, and you want to take his life? Because they cheated in an attempt to meet arbitrary and unattainable government mandated emissions goals?

You have an overdeveloped sense of justice.
The way to prove that emission goal was arbitrary and unattainable is to just admit it was impossible without expensive modifications instead of cheating. The cheat only played into the hands of the government mandates. He should have been jailed just for that stupidity.
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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I don't disagree. 84 years, OTOH, as @spinnaker desires, seems a tad bit excessive.

I hope he is never my judge.

Don't you recognize exaggeration when you see it? What I really meant was 83 year. Does that make you feel better? ;)

Seriously, it should hurt. 84 months doesn't hurt. It will be a vacation and he will likely come out richer than when he went in. That isn't justice.
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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I agree, it's way too harsh... 7 years sounds about right... assuming that all the money he stole is also given back

There is no money to give back. But he cost the stockholders $34 billion dollars in recalls. And He won't do the full 7. He be out in 1-2 years. Just watch. That is assuming he does a day. He was just sentenced. His high priced attorneys could keep him out for years. And chances are the stockholders are paying the lawyer bill too.

I am all for letting him walk if he pays the stockholders back every penny. But that is not going to happen.
 
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