Alas, societies have been way too tolerant of crimes by wealthy and powerful. Not always, of course, but it's easier to smooth such cases over than fight the well armed. On the other end, the power-deprived often suffer draconian sentences for mild offenses. In the end such dynamics seriously undermine justice and rule of law, but enough of the public seem to tolerate it to frustrate reform.
Alas, societies have been way too tolerant of crimes by wealthy and powerful. Not always, of course, but it's easier to smooth such cases over than fight the well armed. On the other end, the power-deprived often suffer draconian sentences for mild offenses. In the end such dynamics seriously undermine justice and rule of law, but enough of the public seem to tolerate it to frustrate reform.
I'm not sure if it's because the public "tolerate" it so much as we feel helpless to do anything about it. Unequal justice has always been, and will always likely be. We accept what we cannot change (and a glance at the French Revolution shows how justice can be handed out unequally when the power is transferred.)
Hold on JL! Look at how many people in trump's orbit have been indicted and/or fined and going broke...it's just not fast enough but their day is coming (look at Peter Navarro). What has kept trump out of jail is spending $100 million of donors' money! From my vantage point, the real show has yet to begin....
Alas, societies have been way too tolerant of crimes by wealthy and powerful. Not always, of course, but it's easier to smooth such cases over than fight the well armed. On the other end, the power-deprived often suffer draconian sentences for mild offenses. In the end such dynamics seriously undermine justice and rule of law, but enough of the public seem to tolerate it to frustrate reform.
I'm not sure if it's because the public "tolerate" it so much as we feel helpless to do anything about it. Unequal justice has always been, and will always likely be. We accept what we cannot change (and a glance at the French Revolution shows how justice can be handed out unequally when the power is transferred.)
Hold on JL! Look at how many people in trump's orbit have been indicted and/or fined and going broke...it's just not fast enough but their day is coming (look at Peter Navarro). What has kept trump out of jail is spending $100 million of donors' money! From my vantage point, the real show has yet to begin....