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It is a very rare occurrence when corporations and the people running them are punished for killing people. I mean the whole concept of a corporation was created to shield the owners of it from being liable for damages caused by / visited upon the enterprise.

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That’s a good reminder of a company that might have a very familiar ethos: Pacific Gas & Electric. Criminally convicted of 64 counts of involuntary manslaughter after towns were destroyed by wildfire. But oh well, what are we gonna do with a limited liability enterprise? At this point their liability insurance covers all the financial penalties they’ll need to spend.

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