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jhall1468 on June 30, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market i...

Only monetary damages. But they have effective immunity from prosecution because it's (as far as I know) never happened that a prosecutor has pressed charges against a judge for his ruling, outside of corruption.

gozur88 on June 30, 2017 [–]

The system couldn't work if judges could be prosecuted for their rulings, unless you're counting bribes, which they already get prosecuted for.

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