Italian reports: ThyssenKrupp executives convicted

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: cnbc

TURIN, Italy - A top ThyssenKrupp executive was convicted of murder in Italy on Friday for a 2007 plant blaze that killed seven workers in Italy, news reports said.

The court in Turin sentenced ThyssenKrupp's CEO for Italy, Harald Espenhahn, to 16 1/2 years in prison, as had been requested by the prosecutors, ANSA and LaPresse news agencies said. Five other company officials were convicted on manslaughter charges and sentenced up to 13 1/2 years in prison, according to the reports.

The trial has been hailed as historic because it was the first time that workplace deaths in Italy had led to murder charges and, now, a conviction.

Relatives of the victims, some wearing T-shirts featuring photos of the victims, applauded after the verdict was read in a Turin courtroom. Some cried, others hugged and thanked the leading prosecutor, Raffaele Guariniello.

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[The Magistrate]

1. We Should Import This Fashion, Ma'am

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I'm in complete agreement with you, Sir.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Agreed.

[Kurovski]

2. K&R

BP comes to mind.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. ...

[jerseyjack]

4. Massey Energy Anyone?

[freshwest]

7. K & R

[Rage for Order]

8. Truly, criminal prosecution is the only thing that will get their attention

The crooks in the corner offices don't care about fines levied against their employers. However, if they have to spend 10 years or more in a prison cell they will think twice about the way they do business. The crooks on Wall Street should be the first ones to go to prison.

[DCKit]

10. Especially if their money/property is also at stake. nt

[defendandprotect]

9. k

[No Elephants]

11. Greed does not balk at murder, be it of family, friend, foe or strangers. Never has. Never will.

"All My Sons is based upon a true story, which Arthur Miller's then mother-in-law pointed out in an Ohio newspaper. The story described how a woman informed on her father who had sold faulty parts to the U.S. military during World War II."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Sons

Doesn't matter if you're talking America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, modern Italy, Jacob and Esau, early British monarchs, John D. Rockefeller, ThyssenKrupp, the small OSHA violator across town, or the guy who did in Grannie for her home.



Stories of greed-driven murder (sometimes dressed up as "assassination") make up a good chunk of human history.

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