Rupert Murdoch’s company News Corp wont be prosecuted in the US for phone hacking scandal that took over the media giant in the UK. The scandal occurred back in 2011; the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on July 6, 2011 US officials were looking onto alleged payments to the British police by journalists that News Corp; a US company, broke anti-corruption laws. The US wont prosecute the twin media companies. As of February 2, 2015 it is still not clear why there was not enough evidence after the FBI searched for possible violations of the US law.
However many individuals involved have made pleas of both guilty or not guilty; Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Stuart Kuttner, Clive Goodman, Mark Hanna, Cheryl Carter, Charlie Brooks, Greg Miskiw, Neville Thurlbeck, James Weatherup, Dan Evans, and Glenn Mulcaire. The chargers were Conspiracy to hack phones, intercepting voice mails, conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
In my opinion they should still charge News Corp. because it is a corporation which means that its a company that can be tried as an individual to compensate to the ones affected. The individuals who have already pleaded guilty are actors of the larger corporation.
Regan • Feb 6, 2015 at 2:29 pm
I agree that there is no reason News Corp should not be charged, considering the fact that some of their own employees pleaded guilty. To me it is bothersome that the people with a lot of money can get away with things that would put most behind bars for years.
NewsmanJim • Feb 5, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Big corporations have a lot of say in the government and still should be charged. They did something wrong and they should be treated as so. When many people get in trouble they still have to pay their dues to society. What makes corporations, rich people, and people that have a big influence on government or anything better than the average joe?
EMV • Feb 5, 2015 at 1:59 pm
I agree with Doug on this one. Big corporations like this that have links to the government should be able to get away with violating laws that are clearly restrictive just because they have the money and the power to overrule these decisions. If such a thing had happend to a smaller less connected company they would have been charged instantly instead of their case dragging along for years because “there’s not enough evidences” when clearly there is.