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Events • December 3, 2014 

# *Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations*

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What happens when the biggest businesses in the world are accused of committing crimes? What *should* happen? *Too Big to Jail* peers into the hidden world of corporate prosecutions, revealing how Justice Department lawyers have used settlements, non-prosecution agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and plea bargains to exact billions of dollars from corporate defendants—without ever going to court. This lack of judicial oversight creates a very real danger that justice is not being served: the guilty can literally buy their way out of prosecution, while others are forced to pay fines grossly disproportionate to any offense. Please join us for an in-depth discussion with two scholars whose work is on the cutting edge of an emerging national debate. 

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