Why Bankers Didn't Go to Jail

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 4, 2014

Brandon Garrett, University of Virginia Law School professor and author of Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations (Belknap Press, 2014), tracked the numbers showing prosecutors' willingness to compromise with big corporations who break the law, especially since Arthur Andersen's bankruptcy after its 2002 conviction.

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