“My proposal would be a corporate ‘death penalty’ for crimes committed on its behalf by the management. The severity of the corporate crimes would determine the sentence. If the corporate activity causes death to any living person, the death penalty would be applicable for the corporate franchise. Therefore, if a pharmaceutical company supressed any information about dangerous side effects of a drug, and anyone died from those side effects, the corporation would lose its franchise. This would similarly apply to companies creating environmental deaths such as toxic waste pollution. However, I would not allow insanity as a defense for corporations even though they exhibit psychopathic behavior. Furthermore, those corporations guilty of fraud would have a ‘three strikes and your out’ rule to impose the corporate death penalty. However, my plan would impose the death penalty for any corporation that is directly responsible for the death of a living person.” — venture capitalist Sheldon Drobny (HuffPo)