Friday, October 23, 2009
Double standards with crime.
Along with looking at legal discrimination against felons I would like to do some research on double standards with people who commit crime. Celebrities and extremely wealthy people are the demographics I am particularly interested in. Face it, people with money can afford to hire better lawyers whom are more likely to defend the person successfully. Why should people, just because they can't afford to hire the greatest lawyer in town have to pay more in the long run with fines and punishments for their sentencing. A special circumstance also applies to celebrities; not only do they have money for the best lawyers, but they have a status that no one else has. People are actually, for some odd reason, interested in what is going on in their lives even though they may not know them personally.
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Reading this made me wonder what you thought about the M.J. trials and how they played out. Do you think the public was the main reason why he was never convicted? As in a large majority of people loved him at the time and if he were to be convicted, they might have caused problems? Everyone saw the impact his death had on people and since the government is for the greater good of society as a whole, might they have seen it as a better idea to keep him out jail? In preparation for his funeral the police's biggest fear was a riot and they had hundreds of riot police on standby. Also how do you feel about other big trials like OJ? The law already requires a free attorney if you cannot afford one, do you think everyone should have high level attorney?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there are a lot of guilty people with money who manage to get off with minimal or no jail time as a result of being able to buy their way out. If you have enough lawyers doiong enough research, presenting ideas in a convincing way, there is a good chance that they will be able to cast that "shadow of a doubt" that one has to go past in order to be convicted.
ReplyDeletePeople without money get a lawyer, but there are just too many cases for a publicly appointed lawyer to adequately serve their clients.
To use an analogy: if you were able to take one class per semester, there would be a good chance that you'd get a 4.0 throughout college as opposed to taking 5 classes per semester. Your "trial" might take a long time, but you would have a better chance of succeeding.