Shades of "The Contender"

I enjoyed the movie "The Contender", but thought the meat of the movie could have been summed up in a 1 hour TV drama. Not that the movie seemed overly long - just that the punchline was drawn out over more time than was required. But this post isn't about the movie. It's about one line from the dialogue "Not guilty, but responsible".

It seems Exxon Mobil is "not guilty, but responsible" for screwing Alabama taxpayers out of royalty money for wells drilled on state property. In overturning a conviction, the state Supreme Court ruled that the trial judge shouldn't have allowed jurors to see "internal documents" of Exxon corporation that essentially pointed to their guilt.

There may be a second trial, and hopefully, the government will find a way to find the company guilty WITHOUT the damning internal evidence.