A law student with a degree in Sociology from University of California, Riverside.

Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Paris Hilton: Does justice favor the rich?

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In a certain way, our justice system might seem to favor the insane, disables, children, and most importantly for this topic, the rich. The reason why our justice system seems to favor those groups of people is very simple, and the reason is money. In our justice system, - The criminal punishment IS to deter the offender, deter the society, and isolate the offender. - The criminal punishment IS NOT to simply punish the offenders equally to make them suffer. And the reason different people get different punishment is because our court system analysis each offender's case through a court tri...

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