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They are the often singled out for harsh punishment, actually. See: Celebrities Lohan & Hilton & Martha Stewart, all singled out for harsher punishment than no

They are the often singled out for harsh punishment, actually. See: Celebrities Lohan & Hilton & Martha Stewart, all singled out for harsher punishment than normal. Politicians Cunningham, Spitzer both given harsher punishment (or more ink) than a typical person would get. Rich people like the entire Enron board, telecom CEOs, numerous lawyers and execs you've never heard of charged with insider trading, trivial securities infractions, trivial tax infractions, and hounded.

declan 13y ago
And Mark Cuban. See this week's WSJ oped: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303289904579196454016836522 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230328990...
PhasmaFelis 13y ago
And how many more rich people commit similar crimes and get away scot-free? How many poor minorities get the book thrown at them for far lesser crimes? "Getting tough" on the rich and powerful is very much the exception rather than the rule, and we play right along with it by eating up headline after headline about Martha Stewart while ignoring the thousands and thousands of people who are rightfully afraid of the police on a day-to-day basis. By the way, you mention "more ink" as if it's comparable. Being hounded by the media is certainly unpleasant, but it's not any part of the operation of the justice system, or shouldn't be.
- alexeisadeski3 13y ago
  Spitzer's involvement in the prostitution scandal was leaked by the ""justice system"". The 'normal Johns' remained anonymous.
coldtea 13y ago
>See: Celebrities Lohan & Hilton & Martha Stewart, all singled out for harsher punishment than normal. Harsher punishment than normal? Than normal what? Black and latino persons, for one, have been shot or went to jail for decades (and/or life) for similar crimes.
yummyfajitas 13y ago
Spitzer was not punished at all. All charges were dropped. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/governor-eliot-spitzer-face-criminal-charges-relating-prostitution-scandal-article-1.334383 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/governor-eliot-spitzer-face-... Unlike Spitzer, the telephone operator of the Emperor's Club was charged. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hooker-booker-plead-guilty-spitzer-prostitution-probe-article-1.347350 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hooker-booker-plead-gu... As NY Attorney General, many others were also charged with prostitution by Spitzer. http://www.artharris.com/2008/03/11/bald-truth-exclusive-ag-spitzer-busted-hookers/ http://www.artharris.com/2008/03/11/bald-truth-exclusive-ag-... Spitzer seems to have gotten off a lot easier than everyone else.

declan 13y ago

And Mark Cuban. See this week's WSJ oped: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303289904579196454016836522 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230328990...

PhasmaFelis 13y ago

And how many more rich people commit similar crimes and get away scot-free? How many poor minorities get the book thrown at them for far lesser crimes? "Getting tough" on the rich and powerful is very much the exception rather than the rule, and we play right along with it by eating up headline after headline about Martha Stewart while ignoring the thousands and thousands of people who are rightfully afraid of the police on a day-to-day basis. By the way, you mention "more ink" as if it's comparable. Being hounded by the media is certainly unpleasant, but it's not any part of the operation of the justice system, or shouldn't be.

alexeisadeski3 13y ago
Spitzer's involvement in the prostitution scandal was leaked by the ""justice system"". The 'normal Johns' remained anonymous.

coldtea 13y ago

>See: Celebrities Lohan & Hilton & Martha Stewart, all singled out for harsher punishment than normal. Harsher punishment than normal? Than normal what? Black and latino persons, for one, have been shot or went to jail for decades (and/or life) for similar crimes.

yummyfajitas 13y ago

Spitzer was not punished at all. All charges were dropped. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/governor-eliot-spitzer-face-criminal-charges-relating-prostitution-scandal-article-1.334383 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/governor-eliot-spitzer-face-... Unlike Spitzer, the telephone operator of the Emperor's Club was charged. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hooker-booker-plead-guilty-spitzer-prostitution-probe-article-1.347350 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hooker-booker-plead-gu... As NY Attorney General, many others were also charged with prostitution by Spitzer. http://www.artharris.com/2008/03/11/bald-truth-exclusive-ag-spitzer-busted-hookers/ http://www.artharris.com/2008/03/11/bald-truth-exclusive-ag-... Spitzer seems to have gotten off a lot easier than everyone else.