法律面前必须人人平等_BEC初级作文

法律面前必须人人平等

Dishonesty against an employer is taken particularly seriously in the UK. A gross breach of trust is rarely dealt with in the magistrates' courts, but goes immediately to the crown court, where a prison sentence is a near certainty on conviction. That is how Joyti De-Laurey, a secretary who stole £4.4m from Goldman Sachs in 2004, was sent down for seven years. But heavy jail terms are normal even for far smaller breaches. Which is why the decision not to push ahead with a full criminal inquiry into Mr Sinha's conduct smacks of double standards.

在英国，失信于雇主是一件特别严重的事。性质严重的失信案件很少会交由地方法院审理，而是直接移交刑事法庭，一旦定罪，则难逃牢狱之灾。曾在高盛(Goldman Sachs)担任秘书的乔伊蒂•德-劳雷(Joyti De-Laurey)就是这样被判入狱7年的——2004年时，她从高盛偷走了440万英镑。即便涉案金额比这小很多，量刑力度通常还是会很大。这就是为什么当警方决定不对辛哈的行为展开全面刑事调查时，人们仿佛嗅到了双重标准的味道。

The City of London Police were clearly in a difficult position, given JC Flowers' reported lack of enthusiasm to pursue charges. It is regrettable that the UK has historically been more reluctant to convict and impose long sentences in cases of white-collar crime than in Hong Kong or the US. Without the determined support of the putative victim, the chances of securing a conviction quickly dwindle.