James Murdoch Could Be Prosecuted In Phone-Hacking Scandal - News Corp Succession Plan Suddenly In

[Tony_FLADEM]

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Bombshell news out of London, as the News Corp phone-hacking scandal continues to reverberate.

A member of the British Parliament, Alan Johnson, has said that James Murdoch "could face prosecution" over his role in the phone-hacking, the Telegraph has reported.

Johnson says that Murdoch could be exposed to charges under a law that covers the "criminal liability of directors," in which senior execs can be prosecuted for not just criminal behavior but for not knowing something they should have known. James Murdoch admitted in a statement to News Of The World earlier this week that he approved out-of-court settlements over privacy violations in which he was not in full possession of the facts.



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[Zoeisright]

1. Throw that whole rotten family behind bars.

They've helped destroy this country along with stupid repukes.

[tcaudilllg]

2. Nah... hang them. Intellectual sabotage against the entire English speaking world.

The Murdocks want nothing more than to create a widening rift between the rich and the poor around the globe.

[elehhhhna]

3. yeah I signed off on these hugh payouts and didn't bother to ask wth they were for. Riiiiiight.

[applegrove]

4. The lie in declaring corporations persons is that corporations never die. At least if

the son ends up in jail and Murdoch himself passes away in a decade there is a chance management would be less sociopathic.