scott-free

No amnesty for Snowden while those who designed and executed an illegal, unconstitutional surveillance system walk around scott-free.

And plenty of people 'riding along' on this probably made money and got off scott-free.

Rich kids getting off scott-free for things that will permanently ruin a poor kid's life is one example of what you're discussing.

The specific example are right there, Germany and France were the first countries to break the treaty and they got away scott-free.

Anyone at the very bottom that takes the plea gets off scott-free.

Paraphrase that idea and you're scott-free.

> Although NYT shouldn't get off scott-free Legals aside, ultimately you're (where 'you' == 'the company') responsible for what ends up on your website.

The worst part is that the driver that hit her got off scott-free because she suffered memory loss so her testimony was void, and apparently the truck driver that witnessed it wasn't enough.

Although NYT shouldn't get off scott-free, I think it's worth pointing out that they probably had very little to do with this and more than likely had no idea about it.

The tragedy, though, is because of the way the very rich are embedded at the very top of political and economic power structures, they got away scott-free and are now more powerful than ever [1].

The corruption crackdown that ensued under Xi overwhelmingly targeted officials who were not "Second Generation Red." After Bo, other princelings made sure they got off scott-free by making a media spectacle of scapegoated fall guys: corrupt up-and-comers from "commoner families".