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neaden on March 19, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing...

I guess my hopeful answer would be they start getting treated like Enron and someone high up goes to prison until they start to comply.

gleenn on March 19, 2018 [–]

Did anyone actually go to prison from Enron?

danso on March 19, 2018 | | [–]

You mean, besides the CEO, Jeffrey Skilling?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-enron-skilling/former-enr...

Enron's founder, Kenneth Lay, was also convicted and faced as much as life in prison. However, he died before sentencing: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05cnd-lay.html

Scarblac on March 19, 2018 | | [–]

Yes, their CEO is still in prison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Skilling .

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