Handwritten notes from blankenship it wasnt even emailing, he probably had a quail and some parchment. I would just say thats traditionally how prosecutors go after people there is Something Else there for generations people were dying in the mines in West Virginia and this is the first time they went after them. You mentioned individual prosecutors within the office and said were going to go after this and get the. Rights and actually i dont know him but steve ruby who is an individual prosecutor i think his father was involved in the mining example. I really thank you, i thank you for your patience and thank you for coming, and thank rob and thank Public Citizen and. And this is the book why not jail . Rena sizer make sure you get it thank you all very much. [applause]. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on book tvs weekly Interview Program and afterwards. We heard heard from Michael Tanner about the National Debt and entitlement report. Ralph nader and the unanswered let
The starting opinion of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse, and violence from which we all suffer. Its evident in the financial crash that cost our country 22 million, and the bp blowup and oil spill, worse environmental disaster in the nations history, and numerous food safety crises and disasters that killed dozens rue teenly, and the new england Compounding Pharmacy scandal, and washingplace safety and Health Issues that arise at workplaces across the country daily, and much more. You have to step back and say we as country dont do a very good job of dealing with these problems, and one marker is they persist over long periods of time. So we have an issue how we set the rules for what is permissible for corporations to do. When we say, no, you cant imperil human life you cant 2013 the environment you cant rip us off. We dont do a good job of setting the rules. The rules we have, we have to have some kind of enforcement system, insp
Everybody, thanks for joining us, i am robert weissman, president of Public Citizens. We are here for a conversation about Rena Steinzors nuke wonderful book why not jail industrial companies, corporate malfeasance, and government inactio inaction, Rena Steinzor will speak for about half an hour and then Russel Mokhiber and i will talk about Rena Steinzors book and her remarks and we will open it up for discussion. The first step before we dive in, the starting point of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse, and violence which we all suffer. Is evident in the financial crash that cost our country 22 million, above bp oil spill, worst environmental disaster in the nations history arguably, numerous food safety crises and disasters to kill dozens routinely, new england, pounding pharmacy scandal, Workplace Safety and health issues, work places across the country on a daily basis and much more and you have to step back and say we as a count
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The explosion that killed 29 coal miners in a mine run by the man known as the king of coal, who became the first c. E. O. Of a Major American Company convicted of a Workplace Safety crime. This was a coal mine and a company that was, not an exaggeration to say run, as a criminal enterprise. This can be likened to a Drug Organization and the defendant was the kingpin. Stahl im going to give you 1,000. Oh, youre tipping with it. Thank you very much. God bless you. Stahl if you want to see the future of money, go to the slums of nairobi. So wonderful stahl whats happening today in kenya is a banking breakthrough right up there with the invention of the credit card and the a. T. M. It is often referred to as kenyas alternative currency, but safer and more secure. Stahl youre texting money. You are effectively texting money. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im anderson cooper. Im bill whitaker. Im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. Working on my feet all day gave min my kne