Wealth and power can get you anything simply because the world we live in was build - and will continually be reinforced - by wealth and power. Laws are written by men. Wealthy and powerful men to be exact. It only makes sense - not to say just - that these wealthy and powerful men can bend and manipulate the law so easily. It's not fair, but ... so it goes.
That being said, on the occasion that I am called to represent a client, who is tried for the same exact crimes as Mr. I'm-Lucky-I'm-Rich, but unlike him, is poor, and brought up by poor, unprivileged, uneducated parents, could I then argue that my client ought to skip jail, and be sent to treatment instead because his/her parents and background cause him/her to believe a core belief introduced and reinforced by parents and way of life) that living at the fringes of society, where you are so invisible and insignificant, erodes any rational between behaviour and consequences. If Mr. I'm-Lucky-I'm-Rich grew up thinking "I can do whatever I want because I am rich and powerful. No one can touch me," and my hypothetical client thinking, "I can do whatever I want because I am invisible and insignificant. No one can see me," then can it not be argued that both rich and poor client, despite different backgrounds ought to receive the same treatment (justice wise). Both are products of their parents' extreme worldviews.
Do you think this situation wold have turned out differently if Mr. I'm-Lucky-I'm-Rich were with a Mr. It-Sucks-to-be-Poor in the car?
