The Justice Department has unveiled new guidelines intended to increase the prosecution of executives involved in white-collar crime. This comes after the Justice Department has faced protests for failing to criminally prosecute executives for financial crimes that led to the housing and economic crises. On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said, “Corporations can only commit crimes through flesh-and-blood people. It’s only fair that the people who are responsible for committing those crimes be held accountable. The public needs to have confidence that there is one system of justice and it applies equally regardless of whether that crime occurs on a street corner or in a boardroom.” The new policies are guidelines, not rules.