User blog comment:MoiraV/CASE 45: A Shot of Beauty/@comment-14617545-20131024183339/@comment-11738-20131024222351

Here's what happened: Back in The Secret Experiments, James Marsh ordered Alden Greene to kill Rachel Priest, so Alden, acting in orders, injected a men-only serum on Rachel and it killed Rachel. Greene didn't want to do it, but knew that Rachel wanted to experience the serum. If you read the Secret Experiments article very carefully, then it is James Marsh who was the one who committed the transgression, not Alden. Therefore, while I have to agree with Moira, I'm going to say that because Alden was only acting on orders from the one who wanted to kill Rachel, the court has decided to let Alden out for a fine, while James Marsh had to face the full consequences. James was the one who wanted Rachel dead, not Alden, although the blame was on Alden.