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...torture by her own government. “Instead of going to school, me and my siblings had to go up to the mountain and remove branches from pine trees in order to eat them,” said Jo, whose father was accused of treachery and thrown into jail, along with his pregnant wife, by the North Korean government because of his ties to South Korea. Won Myong Hong, a Harvard Business School student originally slated to speak at Friday’s event too, had his remarks precluded when Jo’s story ran well past...
...Somebody needs to go to jail. The American people have been cheated enough this century by individuals who shirked both their responsibilities and consequences. No one has been held accountable for faulty WMD intelligence or for the politicization of U.S. prosecutors, to name just a few scandals. Now a group of individuals has wrecked the economy and with it the global security of the United States. Undoubtedly, some people broke the law, and the time and effort should be expended to make sure they face the consequences...
...financial crisis was not caused by an act of God but rather was made by individuals who chose to put the U.S. economy into extreme risk for short-term profit. The risk has come home to roost, and now it’s time for someone to go to jail...
...Obviously, the United States need not go as far as China by executing these hucksters, nor should it react so sensitively as Latvia, where simply bringing up the financial crisis in a public setting can earn you two years in jail. Yet the U.S. justice system can at least make a symbolic gesture in denying the parole of corporate criminals recently convicted for crimes. Their sentences were hailed not long ago for the strong signal they sent to would-be embezzlers; the time is right to use strict enforcement of those sentences to restate that message...
...recently complained that the technically legal actions of executives who profited as Wall Street burned in the past few months were far more damaging and reprehensible than his own theft. Perhaps he’s right; there are some fallen Wall Street executives who ought to join him in jail. They, like he, ought to be made into memorable examples, serving out full terms for their highly destructive crimes...