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News & Current Events Apr 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM

Judge postpones OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s sentencing to let opioid victims attend in person

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Judge postpones OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's sentencing to let opioid victims attend in person
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Judge postpones OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's sentencing to let opioid victims attend in person
A judge has rescheduled a hearing in which she is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government. U.S.
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Masterweedo Apr 23, 2026 +299
F*** that whole settlement. They need to seize the company and it's assets, nationalize it, and criminally charge everyone that broke the law.
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CalebKrawdad Apr 23, 2026 +76
I don't have much hope for any real consequences. Saying that as a child of a parent who's life was basically ruined because of this drug.
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IndigoHawk Apr 23, 2026 +43
I really don't understand why it's so difficult. Take everything they have. Put them in prison for life. Ban them from ever running a company again or profiting in any way. Tell them this is actually a far more civilized punishment than they deserve. This country acts like there's just no way to punish rich people if the punishment would limit their freedom or make them not rich anymore. It's not that hard. Take their money. Put them in prison. Other rich people will get a bit nervous. Good. They should be. Don't create suffering and death if they don't want to have the same fate.
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Squire_II Apr 23, 2026 +41
> I really don't understand why it's so difficult. Because the US legal system does not exist to punish the wealthy but to protect them.
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Just_Learned_This Apr 24, 2026 +5
When most people understand this we might actually get somewhere.
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elconquistador1985 Apr 23, 2026 +19
>I really don't understand why it's so difficult. Two tier injustice system. White collar criminals always get away with it of they harmed the poors. Bernie Madoff went to prison because he fucked over rich people.
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Squire_II Apr 23, 2026 +17
Need to seize all assets owned by the Sackler family as well. They're nothing more than a drug cartel and should be left penniless with everyone involved in the opioid crisis spending the rest of their lives in prison. This farce of a "punishment" will still leave them as multi-billionaires.
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PigFarmer1 Apr 23, 2026 +124
Another round of public service to send a stiff message?
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SinkCat69 Apr 23, 2026 +17
Or maybe a strongly worded verbal warning
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phylter99 Apr 24, 2026 +5
An apology letter writing campaign to keep their administrative assistants busy.
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RSquared Apr 23, 2026 +121
I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.
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mstrbwl Apr 23, 2026 +44
I was thinking about this recently and I think sentencing a corporate executive to death would be a sure-fire way to overturn Citizens United.
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PerpetuallyLurking Apr 23, 2026 +15
Shit, I’d be somewhat pleased if they gave the corporation a death sentence that just meant complete dissolution of the company and blacklisting the executives from owning or operating another. Even that would be an improvement and a step in the right direction of treating corporations as people - theoretically, the corporation is a separate legal person from the legal persons that work for it the same way each executive is a separate legal person within the corporation, so that would have to be kept in mind too and may provide a decent legal argument in the right hands.
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Therealfreak Apr 23, 2026 +33
China. China does this.
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NetZeroSun Apr 23, 2026 +16
Come on. This is the US. We have freedom here. As in rich and powerful are free from consequences.
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Aazadan Apr 23, 2026 +6
That’s true in China too, but power there comes from government sector not private sector. Even billionaires get disappeared there for opposing the government.
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Thief_of_Sanity Apr 23, 2026 +3
The worst 10 companies in the US should be voted in and then the CEOs have to face off in a Hunger Games style deathmatch. You wouldn't want to be the CEO of one of those companies.
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g16zz Apr 25, 2026 +1
having met CEOs, its the board of directors and chairs you need to hunger games
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EatingShitSandwiches Apr 23, 2026 +9
Texas will only start executing corporations if they find a way to be black or have down syndrome.
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Left_Lack_3544 Apr 23, 2026 +43
$225 million is a joke. Due to their aggressive marketing of OxyContin. They developed a $$11 billion fortune.
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SleepUseful3416 Apr 23, 2026 +11
And they can keep it and not face anything because the Sackler family… you guessed it.
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laurentiisaint Apr 23, 2026 +17
finishing up the book "Empire of Pain" a must read insane and super insightful look at corruption in plain sight!!
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So_spoke_the_wizard Apr 23, 2026 +7
And after the Sackler family pays their settlements, they'll be forced to live on less than $5 billion.
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Double_Resort_9223 Apr 23, 2026 +32
Funny how drug addiction was treated as a personal failing until white people got hooked on heroin
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Mr_Waffles123 Apr 23, 2026 +4
I’m sure that was the reason….
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BeginningPlastic3747 Apr 23, 2026 +4
the fact that victims have to fight just to *be in the room* for the sentencing of the company that destroyed their families is somehow the least surprising thing about this whole story.
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shoulda-known-better Apr 23, 2026 +5
Yea when the profit is over 10 billion this is a bullshit fine they will laughing while paying.... F****** joke.... I would be so insulted if I was one of these victims that are going to speak
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Kurise Apr 23, 2026 +3
Good ole pony show to pretend to stick to these mean corporations, when in reality, they made x100 the penalty they will receive and no one is punished. Government pretends to care because they get a cut. Shitty company continues as normal.
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Kind-Philosopher5077 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Bullshit. They should've already been sentenced to public execution but won't see justice in America
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_methuselah_ Apr 23, 2026 +2
This is still going on? Good god! I thought those blood-sucking bastards had all got their comeuppance. Btw, if you haven’t seen Dopesick, I’d highly recommend it.
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Mr_Waffles123 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Just need to postpone a few months so the last victims of this 20yrs saga can’t participate
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