Question

When state prosecutors criminally pursue corporate crime cases, they often do so in cooperation with local and federal prosecutors. TRUE OR FALSE

Prison sentences in antitrust cases have been quite common. TRUE OR FALSE

Deferred prosecution agreements allow corporations to accept certain conditions in return for the prosecutor not pursuing criminal indictments against them. TRUE OR FALSE

It is usually difficult to obtain cooperation from accused parties in antitrust cases that are being aggressively pursued by federal prosecutors. TRUE OR FASLE

Answer 1

1. True

Explanation: In the corporate case the local prosecutors or the federal prosecutors can act as the state prosecutors. All are entitled to handle such case.

2. False

Explanation: In the antitrust case the prison sentence is not common. In most of the cases the guilty is charged with fine. In the exceptional case when there is much loss beyond recovery, then there is prison sentence.

3. True

Explanantion: In the deferred prosecution there is not any guilty plea. Therefore it ballows to a non-prosecution agreement. But it needs the fulfulment of certain legal criteria.

4. False

Explanation: In the antitrust case when the accused paprty finds that there is no alternative way to escape, then the party wants to do cooperation to get free from the hazards. The party is forced to do cooperation to avoid imprisonment.