In any other walk of life, a conviction for negligence would result in a prison sentence, being fired, or both. But not in politics, it seems.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—the organisation that aims to promote better financial governance and economic stability around the world—was convicted by a special French court on 19 December on charges of “negligence by a person in position of public authority” while serving as French finance minister in 2007.
