Why are so few public servants imprisoned for their fraudulent behaviour?

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Every day there is corruption revealed by those in positions of trust, paid by the taxes of you and I.
How many are sentenced to terms of imprisonment?
Very few. I am sick of the theft being undertaken with impunity.
Time for all those found to be fiddling the books to be sentenced.
To been fined massive amounts, to lose their property/chattels commensurate with the amount stolen.
 

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Three of our city officials were sentenced to prison (different cases), that I know of, though they didn't serve much time. What makes it so bad is the money they were to receive was chump change relative to their salaries. But I guess those who get away with it are connect, cross some palms or bribe those who would otherwise see them go to jail.
 
How do you know they have not gone to prison for a while? You'd need to research it and it may not be reported at all. In Illinois 2 recent governors spent years in jail for corruption. Congress is different. I doubt if any of them went to prison or even indicted for crimes up to Scotus.
 

"But for the grace of god, there go I" is a phrase that possibly crosses the minds of those in charge of dispensing the law. For me, that is the reason for the reluctance to charge and convict civil service perpetrators.

Generally accepted they step down from their positions of authority and influence. That often times is more punishing to them than a prison sentence.
 
Usually there are elected officials, their political appointees, civil servants, and contractors.

Only one group of these, civil servants, is structured with significant controls on hiring, promotion, job performance, and political activities including money-funneling and awarding of contracts and such.

While hardly squeaky clean of wrongdoing, civil servants normally bear the brunt of public ire. They make a convenient target and get burned as a lightning rod for the rampant excesses among the other groups.

Elected politicians in particular should be directly answerable. A surprising number of them somehow fortuitously end up in contract firms after leaving office.
 
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I live in Pennsylvania. We have the distinction of having more corrupt politicians in jail, at the same time, than all the other 49 states combined. It does seem strange that you get more time for stealing a candy bar from a convenience store than defrauding millions.
 
Bretrick said:
Every day there is corruption revealed by those in positions of trust, paid by the taxes of you and I.
How many are sentenced to terms of imprisonment?
Very few. I am sick of the theft being undertaken with impunity.
Time for all those found to be fiddling the books to be sentenced.
To been fined massive amounts, to lose their property/chattels commensurate with the amount stolen.
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Couldn't agree more..!
 
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