Why does the legal system favour the Rich only?
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every citizen is entitled to an attorny and one is appointed to them if they cant afford one.  But unfortunately, those that have money can get BETTER attorneys.  Thats just the way it works my friend.
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In the third world capitalism's benefits go to the rich.  There is no middle class, or at least it's very small.  There are the rich and the poor and there are way more poor than rich.  Politicians know what side of the toast the butter is on.  Poor people vote too.
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The system functions to maintain the status quo. Wealthy white males protect their station in drafting, enacting, and enforcing their ideology. Mainly, that wealthy, white males are the only ones capable and intellegent enough to draft, enact and enforce laws. Read the Reimen book, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. If you are really interested in how the system works.\n\nIn prior years, I would have said that there is no consistency in the american judicial system; that, infact, it was the most arbitrary and capricious system ever developed. Now, with manditory minimum sentencing and all of the well intended groups getting their special laws and penalties for newly rewritten laws to set out with specificity their group, draconian sentencing seems to be a consistency in the law. \n\nYet, prosecutors still hide exculpatory evidence and misrepresent the facts to the jurors to ensure victory and reelection or to move to the next political arena. Through the unfortunate situation of mostly poor people getting arrested, the system grind on...Its like this: The case is tried by the Judge which is an elected position (popularity contest) and he/she acts under color of authority for the State; the Prosecutor, also an elected position is also a State agent; if the person arrested is poor that person will be represented by a public defender....you guessed it a State appointed attorney. The legal process is suppose to be a rigorous testing of the facts and an adversarial process. NOW, you tell if the state hears the case (judge) and it is prosecuted by the state (prosecutor) and the defendant is represented by the state (State PD), I ask you where is the adversarial process. I would say that the consistency of law is that it does not apply (normally) to wealthy white males.
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In America we have free enterprise and a class-less society. In other words, anyone can make money and be rich and be accepted here. We have no special laws for the rich and different set for the poor. Thats the American Dream. In China, Iran,Russia, and the French Revolution, they have a class society. In other words, if you were born poor, you will probably remain that way because the oppurtunities are not there for you to advance your status in life.
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Wealthy people don't get executed. Their lawyers can tie the sentences up in court for decades.
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In the Robber Baron worldview of modern Republicanism, what's good for the rich is good for America, and everything else is immoral or will destroy the economy.  Cheap labor is good for the rich, especially if it's not protected by labor laws.  Bush wanted to institutionalize this arrangement with a "guest worker" program, which is a very rational approach for the Robber Baron class.
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Karl Marx argued that the law is a self serving tool for the upperclass.\n\nThe legislature and judiciary, predominantly, are composed of rich white males. These rich white males are unlikely ever to  make law that conflicts with their interests, so based on Marx's arguement, you could question whether any law is not sexist or racist!\n\nSorry, for the massively indirect answer... i am not american and my knowledge on american law is scrappy, but the arguement above is a feminist arguement and also the critical race theory! - something to think about!
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Its all about money. Money pays for better lawyers, brides (in the form of donations) and shows that they are an asset to the community (or so they say).
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because the rich prefer to watch the poor suffer
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I think it's a travesty of justice, to say the very least (the rest I'd like to add I can't say on yahoo without them editing most of it!)  that the "rich and the famous" can get away with whatever the hell they do, unlike the rest of us "common-folk"! How are we supposed to want to respect authority when our laws only pertain to those who can't  even afford to hire a good defense attorney? It's B------t.
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the RICH b/c they get what they want with their corrupted monies.
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the rich keep getting richer, it does not matter if it is needed, the govt is in favor for breaks for the rich
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Because it provides an incentive-based economy where anyone can succeed.  The wealth pie is unlimited.  Many people think that wealth is finite and that the rich take from the poor, or some crazy idea like that.  That is lunacy.\n\nAnyone who is driven and has a great idea for a product that people want to buy, can be successful and possibly a millionaire.  Anyone.  \n\nPeople forget that nothing is handed to you and you need to work hard for a good life and look for ways to constantly try to raise yourself up.\n\nCapitalism is the greatest system ever created.  Greed is man-made and has nothing to do with capitalism itself.  That is the fault of the participants in a capitalistic economy.  Capitalism is why immigrants are crashing the borders of America.  Ever think about that?
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Its called democracy and its what your country political system is based on.  You get a vote and an opinion.  You can choose to use this for personal gain 'I will make more cash if dude A is in power' or for selfless good of the many 'if dude B is in power poor people will be better off'.  The system is self suporting because there will always be difering opinions and diferent incentives, without it the system fails.\n\nAction - Everyone votes in all honesty for what will benefit them the most (Right Wing)  Result - you get massive gaps in economic class as one group takes power with selfish policies aimed at winning votes of the socio-economic group with the largets numbers.  \n\nAction 2 - Everyone votes for the good of the many.  (Left Wing) Result - Policies change to empower all people and trade unions take control, indusrty fails and economy crashes.  \n\nSo really you have to be thankful to those with differing opinions to yours because they keep the system in balance until we find a better way of running countries.
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Cant be done....the justice system will always be tilted toward those who can afford better representation and can afford expert witness's. the government provides legal counsel for those who cannot afford it but the competence of such is usually woefully lacking...Justice is tilted toward the wealthy as is everything else in a capitalist society...he who has the gold makes the rules...I have considered this many times and there are no clear cut answers to making the system better...I suppose there could be limits set to what the government was going to spend to prosecute a case thereby granting limits to what the accused could spend but I'm not sure this is just if a man is defending his life shouldn't he be allowed to defend himself with all that he has?..then perhaps a limit to what the government can spend....ehhh...not an easy problem to solve.
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Good question.  It probably has more to do with the money associated with being in a political party.  Third party candidates tend to be self-financed (Ross Perot) and most candidates don't have a personal fortune of his size.  Therefore, most candidates join a party where they can get access to money,
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because most of them (if not all) are corrupt. they'd rather keep thier money somewhere else and most often under someone else's name to avoid detection by thier political enemies or rivals.