Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the Wall Street executives you see hanging their heads have been called many things, chief among them "greedy." But in deciding their guilt, you must consider mitigating circumstances. Compare these two sets of circumstances.

A robber goes into a convenience store, sticks a gun in the manager's face and demands the contents of the register. The robber has committed a vicious crime. He deserves the harshest sentence.

But suppose the con ...

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