Case Study: Mcdonell V. US

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1-Governor Robert McDonnell’s conviction for violation of the federal bribery statute was overturned by the Supreme Court on June 27, 2016 (see McDonnell v. U. S. No. 15–474) In the court case McDonell v US No. 15-474, McDonnell and his family were accepting “gifts” from Jonnie Williams, the founder and CEO of Star Scientific, Inc. (Star). Some of the gifts included vacation, loans, money, and shopping sprees. McDonnell had financial problems of his own and while he was govenor, STAR wanted to have certain waivers from the FDA. Williams thought that providing McDonell with financial support and very generous gifts would help him lean towards providing STAR with independent funding. McDonnell left various traces of the bribery. For starters, …show more content…

McDonell met all the elements for the statute of bribery. I personally believe there was a sufficient amount of evidence. The acts that McDonnell did show how he chose to ignore his ethical duties as governor and was concerned about personal matters. When he was taking the money from Williams and was granting funding, he was thinking of what he would get in return. Williams also knew what she was doing by giving McDonell the incentives to get what he wanted. I believe they both should have been convicted. As CEO of an organization, Williams, should represent his company with at the utmost ethical manner, rather than bribing people. McDonell should be representing his constituents better. That is why they voted for him. He should set his personal problems aside while at …show more content…

There are many reasons that bribery can be committed. Some are to influence the result of something, influence a person with power or to encourage someone of something (Page 172). Sometimes people are bribed to act a certain way or lean towards a specific point of view. The ultimate goal of a bribe to pay of someone to alter their perception. I personally believe, that bribery happens more often than the average citizen knows. It is harder to prove that someone was given a large amount of money or something of value to influence something. Though there have been several cases. For example, in recent news, with the elections of the newly elected leader for FIFA, an alleged bribery case has

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