TIL about 'deferred prosecution agreements.' Once a way for low-level drug offenders to avoid incarceration by accepting probation, corporations now negotiating DPAs to escape criminal conviction by paying a fine.
https://law.duke.edu/news/endless-cycle-corporate-crime-and-why-its-so-hard-stop
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ezx1zy/til_about_deferred_prosecution_agreements_once_a/