Putting polluters in jail: the imposition of criminal sanctions on corporate defendants under environmental statutes
Congress included criminal sanctions in several current environmental statutes in an attempt to punish those who jeopardize the public's health and well being by polluting. After exploring how criminal sanctions are actually employed by the courts against corporate defendants, the author argues that these sanctions are ineffective deterrents. Special problems which exist for the prosecutor or judge who attempts to invoke criminal sanctions against a corporate defendant raise questions about the feasibility and propriety of punishing the corporate entities and difficulties associated with proceeding against a corporate official or responsible individual within the corporate organization. The only way to make the sanctions effective is to use them and to impose both fines and jail sentences on the guilty parties.
- OSTI ID:
- 5949082
- Journal Information:
- Land Water Law Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Land Water Law Rev.; (United States) Vol. 20:1; ISSN LWLRD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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