Do the rich and poor receive equal justice in the courts?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

[Cursive_Knives512]

1. I voted yes

Isn't that a basic rule of democracy? :shrug:

[strategery blunder]

2. In theory, yes; in practice, it's whoever can afford the best lawyer

nt

[Ediacara]

3. The question was DO they, not SHOULD they

You're right, they should, but in reality they don't.

[Cursive_Knives512]

4. Oh!

I misread the question. :dunce:

[JanMichael]

5. No, no, a thousand times, no.

Just look at street crime v. suite crime.

The rich rarely get the "book" thrown at them. One can literally steal a hundred million dollars from a company and get a few short years in a reletively nice cell. Steal a car worth $200 and get 5 years.

Throw in the "drug war" and it's even worse.

It's a shit system.

[ulysses]

8. what he said.

:thumbsup:

[amber dog democrat]

6. Ever head of T Cullen Davis?

I know for a fact that Texas does not like to convict millionares. But we put people on Death Row with incompetant public defenders who sleep through their trials.... or round up innocemt people in fradulalnt drug dealing chagres.

Not to mention Houston Crime Labs that finger innocent people.

No, I would say it really is a crime to be poor - in more ways than I can say.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. No, they don't. n/t

[Mikimouse]

9. You should have added a third category labeled...

'you're kidding, right?'

[DrWeird]

10. Does the pope shit in the woods?

Are bears catholic?

[Nikia]

11. Of course not

Why else would everyone hire the best lawyer that they can afford?

[tjwash]

12. Hell NO...

...that's the only reason the police and courts exist as they are today, is to maintain the status quo for the elite royalty in our country.

[camero]

13. Does Enron ring a bell?

Kenny Boy isn't exactly doing the perp walk. Now if it were one of us we would be back on the chain gang.