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Boeing to plead guilty in 737 MAX crash case

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Re: Boeing to plead guilty in 737 MAX crash case

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> Last week they gave Boeing the choice of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the US over the crashes, which claimed 346 lives.

Why not both? We have them over a barrel and the best we can do is ask them to invest a measly sum as penance and then drop the defraud charges? What is this.

Re: Boeing to plead guilty in 737 MAX crash case

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Post by MattGaiser »

tetris11 wrote: post #2

> Last week they gave Boeing the choice of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the US over the crashes, which claimed 346 lives. Why not both? We have them over a barrel and the best we can do is ask them to invest a measly sum as penance and then drop the defraud charges? What is this.

Because you cannot punish someone while also trying them?

Re: Boeing to plead guilty in 737 MAX crash case

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Post by smokedetector1 »

tetris11 wrote: post #2

> Last week they gave Boeing the choice of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the US over the crashes, which claimed 346 lives. Why not both? We have them over a barrel and the best we can do is ask them to invest a measly sum as penance and then drop the defraud charges? What is this.

Is it possible that a criminal conviction would be harder/take much longer to accomplish and this will ensure some kind of positive outcome? Or is it just a slap on the wrist? I don't really know.

Re: Boeing to plead guilty in 737 MAX crash case

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Post by hulitu »

tetris11 wrote: post #2

> Last week they gave Boeing the choice of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the US over the crashes, which claimed 346 lives. Why not both? We have them over a barrel and the best we can do is ask them to invest a measly sum as penance and then drop the defraud charges? What is this.

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