Rich people are mostly jailed when they commit crimes against other rich people, such as Bernie Maddoff, who stole from other rich people.
I am not engaging in left-wing class warfare by mentioning this fact. I am just stating a fact. Strauss-Kahn, Kennedy Smith, and Bill Clinton, are powerful men of the left, who have escaped accountability.
To me Robert Blake was the ultimate, freebie murder, in plain view case.
There's your problem.
It is not just who you know, it is who your lawyer knows.
In the early 70’s my mother was on a sequestered jury for a convenience store murder. The media had the young man as guilty as hell. Open and shut case. The only evidence the prosecution had was that the defendant was a young black man and the perpetrator was a young black man. 12 - 0, not guilty. The jury was all white.
A friend of mine suspected that his wife was cheating on him and was considering a divorce. He went and consulted with every lawyer in his county and the adjoining counties, starting with the most high priced. He did not consult with the lawyer that ran against the judge in the last election.
When she started shopping for a lawyer, all the good ones had to refuse her case because they had consulted for her soon to be ex-husband. Needless to say, he got custody and child support. Not that she ever paid any.
The powerful are usually above the law in every nation, in every century, and in every race, tribe or clan.
The middle class, straight white male is the only person held to strict legal standards.
Charles Bronson: “Death Wish”
The supposed rape victim admitted to the police that she had previously lied about being gang-raped. An incompetent court-appointed attorney could get an indigent defendant released after that sort of admission. Where is the evidence that Strauss-Kahn’s wealth had anything at all to do with his release?