Corporations are people, too -- very, very rich people. (Life goes on.)

5 Big Banks Expected to Plead Guilty to Felony Charges, but Punishments May Be Tempered.  (The New York Times, 5/13/2015)

For most people, pleading guilty to a felony means they will very likely land in prison, lose their job and forfeit their right to vote.

But when five of the world’s biggest banks plead guilty to an array of antitrust and fraud charges as soon as next week, life will go on, probably without much of a hiccup.

United States Department of Justice.  

• Barclays
• JP Morgan 
• Chase
• Citigroup
• Royal Bank of Scotland