The legal system sucks for EVERYONE on the receiving end.
Courts suck, bail sucks, fines suck, traffic tickets suck. It drains you of your money under penalty of getting your life ruined.
I have to see a Magistrate tomorrow about an expired inspection sticker. Missed day of work, and that damned sticker wound up costing me $350. The ticket was issued for $25. The rest are fees. Oh, and I received a letter that there is a bench warrant for me because I didn’t respond in time too. So that’s another $98.
The legal system will keep a poor person poor if you keep stepping in it. It’s like social quick sand. Doesn’t matter if you’re white, black, brown or purple. Unless you’re a friend with a cop, or having coffee with some cops, everytime you talk to a cop shit gets really unfair really quickly.
Funny, isn't it, just how much is fixed by the right amount of money paid?
In some countries, it's just called what it is, bribery and extortion.
What a racket.
1- The legal system, while imperfect, is certainly better than most. Stepping in it, as you say, can be avoided.
2-I get calls every day with similar complaints and it continues to astound me how very few of these callers have any clue what their case number, specific charge, possible punishment or even background record is. They want miracles performed for very little money spent on the case they “caught” this week. Heavens, they cant even ackowledge they were arrested for breaking the law. This charge just suddenly fell out of the sky on their dumb unlucky ass!
3- Legal work, if you can get it, has excellent job security.
Too bad your name isn't Jose. You could be falling over drunk, driving on the wrong side of the highway, abusing a 12 year old - and you would be home free. Even if you killed someone, drove with no insurance, no license and no registration - NO PROBLEMO!