It would seem to me that if I was engaging in illegal behavior and my only penalty is a civil penalty, I would think a lot of people who engage in criminal behavior kind of live day by day or spend all their money they get or whatever, in which a civil penalty is kind of meaningless.
Glenn Grothman: “It would seem to me that if I was engaging in illegal behavior and my only penalty is a civil penalty, I would think a…”
On the recordJuly 12, 2022
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Grothman argues that civil penalties are ineffective against criminal behavior.
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