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IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial

Well as the article stated it can carry a punishment up to 1 year in jail. That means 1 year for the extreme cases... this was not one of those from what I understand. At least there was a trial :) In most other countries this would not even be seen as a problem.... sad but true.
 
Chagos said:
Well, if this doesn't restore trust in the general justice system, I dunno what will.

*not sure whether the one or other requires a sarcasm warning here, so consider this to be one*

IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial | Reuters
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Well, it is better, than I had expected. It would have been more impressive had she been of Holland's party, of course. But she is a representative of Europe and more specifically of France in a very visible and important position. It is unusual that France would want to show it had sent a bad apple to represent it in a position the Eu was relying on. The IMF has, however, been disappointing the Eu recently and embarrassed the Eu. But let's just accept that the judge was only doing the right thing. ;)
 
PeteEU said:
Well as the article stated it can carry a punishment up to 1 year in jail. That means 1 year for the extreme cases... this was not one of those from what I understand. At least there was a trial :) In most other countries this would not even be seen as a problem.... sad but true.
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True. It was only a couple of hundred billions of Euros.
 
joG said:
True. It was only a couple of hundred billions of Euros.
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Millions.. not billions. And it was 23 years ago and the court has never handed down a prison sentence on such cases..
 
PeteEU said:
Millions.. not billions. And it was 23 years ago and the court has never handed down a prison sentence on such cases..
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Yes. Only a few hundred millions and change. My incorrect "b". ;)
And yes. They have not handed down prison sentences. That is the problem, but also the reason that this is remarkable.
 
PeteEU said:
Well as the article stated it can carry a punishment up to 1 year in jail. That means 1 year for the extreme cases... this was not one of those from what I understand. At least there was a trial :) In most other countries this would not even be seen as a problem.... sad but true.
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Well, next time I get hit with a speeding ticket, I'll simply claim having been too preoccupied with more important things than watching the dashboard.:mrgreen:

I agree though that the thing wouldn't even have gone to trial elsewhere, as Helmut Kohl would tell you with a happy smirk.
 
And more importantly there is another ongoing prosecution for scamming, with five other people involved. They will get jail sentences. Lagarde was only a passive second role, hence this separate procedure for negligence only.

Regrettably the judges could not collect evidences and testimonies against Sarkozy, one of the first roles. He is prosecuted for multiple cases but he knew how to shield himself behind proxies and to convince them to remain silent.
 
Yeah, if anyone deserves being nailed (preferably to the nearest barn door) it's that little poison dwarf.
 
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