Thursday, September 19, 2013

3 years later Halliburton admits guilt but...

So according to this, Halliburton - the company that goes in to rebuild nations, pleaded guilty for their misdemeanor of destroying evidence with regard to the massive oil spill that happened three years ago. The case has been reported to be closed with this admission.

The fine: "The court statement did not disclose the amount, but Halliburton put it at $200,000 and three years' probation."

The damage the oil spill did:

"Halliburton constructed the cement casing of the offshore deepwater Macondo well that exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 people."

AND

"It took 87 days to cap the runaway well in a spill that blackened beaches in five states and crippled the region's tourism and fishing industries."

SO:
200,000 USD is hardly enough to cover all of that. Shouldn't Halliburton compensate to the families of the 11 people that died, pay for the cleanup procedure during the spill and the 87 fucking days it took them to cap the well, compensate the 5 states to clean up their beaches as well as the money lost to those regions' tourist and fishing industries?

I know the law doesn't really work that way but...I'm just saying. Seems they got off pretty light - the rule of law seems to be bullshit...

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