Quoting Steve Schear (schear@lvcm.com):
Would holding both the corporation and its executives libel for the same crime constitute a form of double jeopardy ;-)
I don't see how that could be. Blame and punitive sanctions are, if I am not mistaken, apportioned according to degree of culpability.
Is it possible for the injured parties to criminally prosecute the alleged
But is it practical to do so?
offenders under federal law (i.e., substitute for the DOJ)? If not, then that is what is needed. The govenment should not enjoy a privileged position on enforcement of criminal statutes.
Regards, Steve -- ``If religion were nothing but an illusion and a sham, there could be no philosophy of it. The study of it would belong to abnormal psychology.... Religion cannot afford to claim exemption from philosophical enquiry. If it attempts to do so on the grounds of sanctity, it can only draw upon itself suspicion that it is afraid to face the music.'' -- H. J. Paton, "The Modern Predicament"