Why don't celebrities end up in jail?

Mostly, even if they DO go to jail, it's for little piddly sentences.

Meanwhile a common guy caught with a roach is in jail for life.

(The article shows just how Rush the Fathead weaseled out of his buying dope.)

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-scandals-that-prove-well-forgive-celebrities-anything/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Celebrities&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why don't celebrities end up in jail? (Original post)	Archae	Dec 2012	OP
it is all about	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#1
Anybody who thinks there is any real justice...	99Forever	Dec 2012	#2
How much justice can you afford?	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2012	#3
"In the Halls of Justice, the only place you can find the Justice is in the Halls." ~ Lenny Bruce	Journeyman	Dec 2012	#4
money talks.	hobbit709	Dec 2012	#5
Money,	Whovian	Dec 2012	#6
Robert Downey Jr, Tom Sizemore and OJ Simpson disagree with your premise nt	TeamPooka	Dec 2012	#7

Response to Archae (Original post)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 12:24 PM

riverbendviewgal (2,461 posts)

1. it is all about

The best paid lawyers money can buy.

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 12:26 PM

99Forever (5,163 posts)

2. Anybody who thinks there is any real justice...

... in our legal system is fucking insane or a tool of the 1%.

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Response to Archae (Original post)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 12:28 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (34,707 posts)

3. How much justice can you afford?

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:12 PM

Journeyman (9,197 posts)

4. "In the Halls of Justice, the only place you can find the Justice is in the Halls." ~ Lenny Bruce

And the lawyer and the DA speak outside the courtroom:

"Now, if you reduce this to that we'll make a payment of what to where, then when you pocket your reward he'll slip through and avoid his just deserts."

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:12 PM

hobbit709 (26,027 posts)