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15. Exactly

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 08:33 AM

Feb 2013

Jail AND fines. Multitasking!

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Elizabeth Warren is wrong: Jail is the wrong approach. [View all] DetlefK Feb 2013 OP

No...... sendero Feb 2013 #1

it should be both, imo. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #6

Precisely. Criminals get fines + jail time all the time. jsr Feb 2013 #9

a long jail sentence is a far greater deterrent than any fine. Scuba Feb 2013 #4

It's such a great deterrent, however... randome Feb 2013 #11

$600,000 in fines to a Bank? Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #5

Couldn't disagree more Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #10

Bad idea... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #12

Jail everyone on the payroll. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #13

Seems like bernie madoff is the only one to do jail time. mucifer Feb 2013 #14

Exactly Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #15

Bernie Madoff was piker compared to these other bankers freethought Feb 2013 #19

Ask Bernie Madoff shanti Feb 2013 #20

100k people could've gone to jail under the robosigning scandal. joshcryer Feb 2013 #21