Sadly, this is the state of ‘justice’ in America, and has been for a very long time.
Many people on FR believe in “the rule of law”.
Unfortunately for them, they would be quite shocked by just how much our so-called justice system exists merely to extort money from citizens.
The reason why people with money can buy their way out of most any legal trouble is because the system has been manipulated to be that way on purpose. It exists primarily to justify and feed its own existence.
Legal problems?
Go to jail... or pay a fine and heavy court fees to the state and walk.
And more often than not, the crime is either trumped up or over-hyped in the first place. It is amazing how completely unrecognizable the prosecution’s case can be from reality when presented in court. And let’s not forget, the prosecutor, public defender, and judge all work for the same boss: the State.
Somehow I don’t think that is what the founding fathers really had in mind.
Hitting the nail square on the head with your post
The whole state justice system is simply a revenue generating scam that is a lot more interested in controlling and picking the pockets of the citizen to feed itself than meeding out sensible justice
How true.