Purdue reached a deal with the Justice Department in 2020 to resolve criminal and civil probes the company was facing. …
Under the Purdue deal, members of the Sackler family will be shielded from lawsuits over opioids from those who agree to the payments. …
Members of the Sackler family also have agreed not to object if their names are taken off museums and other institutions they’ve supported.
At this point, who out there can believe anything except that billionaires are above the law? The Sacklers have agreed not to object if their names are taken off of museums? Really?
Every single one of them should be in jail for the rest of their lives in addition to every other monetary remedy that’s being thrown around. Instead, they’ll live in mansions and be set for life, while only having to part with some part of their generational wealth that can be directly traced back to their human casualties.
At this point, who out there can believe anything except that billionaires are above the law? The Sacklers have agreed not to object if their names are taken off of museums? Really?
Every single one of them should be in jail for the rest of their lives in addition to every other monetary remedy that’s being thrown around. Instead, they’ll live in mansions and be set for life, while only having to part with some part of their generational wealth that can be directly traced back to their human casualties.
It may prevent them from clawing back donations.
Outside of that I agree that we need more aggressive punishments for this sort of thing.