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Politically connected & Rich people do not go to Jail for White-collar crimes. Think about the revolving door between Wall street and the Obama/Bush/Clinton adm
by suprgeek 12y ago
Politically connected & Rich people do not go to Jail for White-collar crimes. Think about the revolving door between Wall street and the Obama/Bush/Clinton administrations.
Would you put your "buddy" in Jail if it meant that the political contributions would dry up and your opponent is going to get a war chest to fight you? Of course not!
But an educator? These people cheated to keep their jobs and get (minor) pay raises - by definition they cannot fight back so the full weight of the Criminal Justice system (Racketeering Laws - typically used against Mafia figures) was used to toss some of them in Jail for upto 20 years!
Let's face it - the American Criminal justice system basically preys on those least able to protect themselves from its abuses.
- MaysonL 12y agoCharles Keating was fairly well connected: remember the "Keating Five"? (US Senators who tried to influence regulators to go easy on Keating) He spent over four years in federal prison after being convicted of white collar crimes.