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mattTheOne [soylentnews.org] writes:

No GM employees going to jail for failure to fix an engineering problem:

General Motors will pay $900 million to settle criminal charges related to its flawed ignition switch that has been tied to at least 124 deaths.
Problems with the ignition switch could shut off the car while it was being driven, disabling the airbag, power steering and power brakes -- and putting drivers and passengers at risk.
GM had already admitted that its employees were aware of the problem nearly a decade before it started to recall millions of the cars early last year. That delay is the basis behind the criminal charges.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/17/news/companies/gm-recall-ignition-switch/ [cnn.com]

Sounds like the FORD Pinto...

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