CDRaider
Well-Known Member
This is an interesting notion that our criminology prof brought up.
White Collar Crime is considered a crime of negligence. By WWC(white collar crime) i mean things like not replacing faulty equipment instead of Matha Steward kind of stuff.
So anyways, WWC is a crime of negligence that kills thousands of people a year. Things like Three Mile Island and the mining incident where the roof collapsed and there was a finding that the supports weren't stable but they were never replaces. Things like this are considered a crime of neglicence because the person KNEW that there was something wrong and did NOTHING about it. The Justice system generally gives a sentance of around a decade for these kind of crime. The reason they do this is because 'they do not believe the person went into the business or ignored the report with the intent of killing someone'.
Now drunk driving is considered a captial offense and the person is charged with FIRST DEGREE murder if they kill someone whil DUI. But heres my question, does the drunk person get in the car with the intent to kill someone? Their actions do not seem that different from someone who reads a report of faulty equipment and decides its too costly to replace. They both kill someone due to negligence. Why is one only a dozen years and the other is life?
White Collar Crime is considered a crime of negligence. By WWC(white collar crime) i mean things like not replacing faulty equipment instead of Matha Steward kind of stuff.
So anyways, WWC is a crime of negligence that kills thousands of people a year. Things like Three Mile Island and the mining incident where the roof collapsed and there was a finding that the supports weren't stable but they were never replaces. Things like this are considered a crime of neglicence because the person KNEW that there was something wrong and did NOTHING about it. The Justice system generally gives a sentance of around a decade for these kind of crime. The reason they do this is because 'they do not believe the person went into the business or ignored the report with the intent of killing someone'.
Now drunk driving is considered a captial offense and the person is charged with FIRST DEGREE murder if they kill someone whil DUI. But heres my question, does the drunk person get in the car with the intent to kill someone? Their actions do not seem that different from someone who reads a report of faulty equipment and decides its too costly to replace. They both kill someone due to negligence. Why is one only a dozen years and the other is life?