Federal prosecutors on Monday announced a deal to drop a criminal case against Gibson Guitar Corp. after the instrument maker acknowledged its importations of exotic wood violated environmental laws.
Gibson admits to importing illegal woods
Federal prosecutors on Monday announced a deal to drop a criminal case against Gibson Guitar Corp. after the instrument maker acknowledged its importations of exotic wood violated environmental laws.
Now, does this mean they actually did, or simply that they are making the claim to end the case?
I think they imported the wood so that is not in dispute.
If you wonder if that wood maybe wasn’t exotic feel free to do so but in the end Gibson couldn’t proove it wasn’t violating the law so they gave in.
Last time I checked, the standard in the U.S. was that proof was the burden of the accuser. I guess that doesn’t count if the accuser is the gov’t