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"They pay in other ways"??? What garbage.
Mary Anne — (archived)

Oooo, his dignity is offended! Compared to 30 years in the slammer, that doesn't even show up on the radar.

He has trouble getting a job! Well, probably not much trouble, and compare that with the trouble a regular guy with a felony conviction and no powerful friends would have.

Justice is justice. If convicted -- still not a given, he is presumed innocent -- he does the time.

Personally, I think that someone who works for the government, which makes, interprets and (in this case) enforces the law ought to get punished more severely for committing crimes, because he has the resources and the education to avoid breaking the law. But I am willing to say that his punishment, if convicted, ought not to be more severe than the average guy's, because justice is justice.

There's a word to describe the use of influence to avoid paying the price for convicted criminal activity: corruption.

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