BP plea in Gulf spill case OKd by judge

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  • #BP plea in Gulf spill case OKd by judge - SFGate
    http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/BP-plea-in-Gulf-spill-case-OKd-by-judge-4234275.php

    BP plaide coupable de meurtre et paie une petite amende… les personnalités juridiques on les envoie pas à la chaise électrique ?

    BP added manslaughter to its felony record Tuesday, but removed a heavy weight from the shoulders of the company and its investors as a judge accepted a plea agreement in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

    The $4 billion fine - about equivalent to the revenue BP took in every four days last year - was salt in an open wound for victims who spoke during an emotional hearing in New Orleans at which a BP lawyer entered guilty pleas on the company’s behalf to 14 charges, including manslaughter and obstruction of Congress.

    In addition to the fine, which BP will be able to pay over five years, the oil giant will be on probation for five years and will be subject to independent monitoring.

    “I think BP is the real winner today,” said Chris Jones, whose brother, Gordon Jones, was killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

    #pétrole #pollution