When corporate criminals are arrested and go to trial (which is rare), juries
(a) are eager to impose even harsher sentences on them than they would for convicted street criminals.
(b) are reluctant to impose harsh penalties on them.
(c) make decisions about their penalties that are exactly the same ones they would make for street criminals.
(d) The sentences juries impose on corporate criminals is unknown because their trials are almost always secret.
(e) none of the above
Ans: (b) are reluctant to impose harsh penalties on them.
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