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Subject Should auto execs who cover up faulty cars go to prison?

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Original Message "With the ever-widening crisis at General Motors over faulty -- and deadly -- ignition switches, a new bill has been introduced that's aimed at curbing similar problems.

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D.-Conn.) and Bob Casey (D.-Pa.) on Wednesday introduced the Do No Harm Act of 2014, which would make it a crime for any executive to conceal a defect sold by their company that poses the risk or death or serious injury. Executives who violate the law would face as many as five years of prison.

The bill's introduction comes on the eve of another Senate hearing about GM's defective ignition switches, with a focus on the accountability and corporate culture of the giant automaker. If such a law had been enacted earlier, the defective switches would have been disclosed earlier, and possibly even halted before the parts made their ways into GM cars, Blumenthal told The Detroit News. "

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Link to thread with live feed of Senate Hearing on GM recall:
Thread: Watch Live: Senate Hearing on GM Recalls

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