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[wombat2u2004]

It's many things including rich vs poor. The CEO has a mess of lawyers who work for him. The robber has an overworked public defender. He should appeal though.

Then if the people are judged on the basis of rich or poor, then it is a poor system. The law is to be applied equally to all, and a good judge will know that. The Common Law does not distinguish between rich and poor. But the Common Law DOES distinguish between armed robbery and fraud.

Look at it this way..........two youths enter a convenience store.
One youth grabs a pack of cigarettes, and runs out the door.
The other youth produces a knife and tells the shopowner to give him a pack of cigarettes or else.
Both youths are caught.
Who gets the longer sentence ????

[moosmom]

The judicial system sucks, plain and simple. The judges AND prosecuting attorneys need to get off their duffs and DO THEIR JOBS the way they're supposed to be done!!!

[Bonny]

The judicial system sucks, plain and simple. The judges AND prosecuting attorneys need to get off their duffs and DO THEIR JOBS the way they're supposed to be done!!!

I have jury duty in July, August, & September. I can hardly wait for the courtroom drama. You can hire a lot of crooked lawyers to defend you if you have the MONEY. The system is not fair & it stinks big time. Maybe I will have to tell them that if they decide to select me for duty.

[mrspunkysmom]

Who gets the longer sentence? The one who threatens or implies a threat. Somehow I missed that part.

However, there is still inequity. There are people that commit many crimes, a lot of them threatening and they get lesser sentences. There is bias in the system. Some of it is bigotry of some sort. Some of it is personal. (Scarsdale diet murder. she served 25 years I think, the full sentence, never having done anything wrong before that.)

Then if the people are judged on the basis of rich or poor, then it is a poor system. The law is to be applied equally to all, and a good judge will know that. The Common Law does not distinguish between rich and poor. But the Common Law DOES distinguish between armed robbery and fraud.

Look at it this way..........two youths enter a convenience store.
One youth grabs a pack of cigarettes, and runs out the door.
The other youth produces a knife and tells the shopowner to give him a pack of cigarettes or else.
Both youths are caught.
Who gets the longer sentence ????