Editorial pages and op-eds worldwide rightfully commended the trial and conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone’s civil war. The deterrent effect of this judgment on civilian and military leaders in third-world, traditionally weak countries run by dictators or despots will reverberate. Taylor had […]
READ MOREJustice Department Defends the Role of Deferred-Prosecution Agreements in Corporate Crime Enforcement
A top attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice recently defended the use of deferred-prosecution agreements (DPA’s) to combat corporate wrongdoing. On September 13, 2012, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer, spoke to the New York Bar Association and maintained that that the increased use of such agreements has had a “transformative effect” on corporate […]
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