if so why? aint everyone here equal and must be treated equal
2007-07-26 13:37:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The answer is yes in many cases. The reason is because of representation. When you can afford the best legal minds and expert witnesses to sit on your side you can often subvert justice. It is wrong, but it is also a reality.
2007-07-26 14:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by Bryan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many instances, punishment for the rich and famous does seem more lenient than punishment for the poor and unknown.
The law is not an exact science, and is always open to interpretation. Those who have money are capable of hiring expensive attorneys. Many of these attorneys are members of huge law firms having dozens of associates and clerks available to research a client's case, precedents, etc., etc.
On paper, according to the Constitution, everyone is considered equal and is to be treated equal; but, you and I know this is not always the case.
A big concern of the colonists was legal redress. When the colonies first joined to become the United States, under the new Constitution, it seemed as if individuals were going to have that legal redress; however, as the years passed, it soon became apparent that this was not always the case.
The American people have created a monster: A legal monster, one that, unlike Frankenstein, cannot be destroyed.
2007-07-26 21:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
justice has a double standard. there is no social equality because (lo and behold!) the society is divided into classes. as Marx and Engels put it in their communist manifesto, social classes can be divided into 2: the oppressors (bureaucrat capitalists, bourgeois compradors, big landlords) and the oppressed (peasants, workers, peti-bourgeoisie, national bourgeoisie). those who hold the economic power (ie. the bureaucrat capitalist et al.) also hold the political power. they use the military, the bourgeois laws and the government to protect their interest.
see the connection? this problem is not only judiciary. it is rooted to the economic crises that the world is experiencing.
2007-07-26 22:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by glinael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do lessen the time and jail time and the charges if your famous or rich..If your just the average Joe or Jane; your in big trouble as you won;t have money to give sheriffs for their re-elections and have to get your picture in the paper and get nice gifts for treating the rich or famous person; so kind in jail when they do their 8 days for manslaughter or 2days foe DWI;s ..If it would be me or you we would be in jail for the maximum sentence,,,lots of luck
2007-07-27 00:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by Cami lives 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equal rights is an ideal,not a practice.I'd be willing to bet tthat if I were the one pulling the stunts that the rich and famous pull,i would be sitting in jail(or underneath it)as I write this !TL
2007-07-26 20:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by TL 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you have more money, you can hire a better lawyer. Better lawyers do a better job in the courtroom--planting reasonable doubt in the jury's mind, making them hand down not as stiff of a sentence if they do find you guilty.
2007-07-26 20:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by jenni 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Oj,Paris, Britney, and countless others who are rich get away w/drunk driving, murder ,and what not. It's horrid.
Why? Hell, life is fraking unfair, money talks and poor people get the shaft.
2007-07-26 20:46:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes yes -- and it's absolutely wrong.
But it's human nature.
2007-07-26 20:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More often than not, unfortunately.
2007-07-26 20:54:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋