From the Department of Duh
The extraordinary secrecy imposed by judges in the cases of Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Martha Stewart has some media experts and scholars warning that America is developing a two-tiered justice system — one for celebrities and one for everyone else.
Actually, it’s simpler than that: there’s one system for wealthy folks and one for everyone else.
July 23rd, 2004 at 6:33 pm
Heh…maybe John Edwards IS right.
July 23rd, 2004 at 9:14 pm
Actually, it’s more complex than that. Celebrity has an impact on the jury that money alone does not. If the public thinks you’re a saint, it helps. If they don’t, it hurts. That gives us at least four systems, two on the money axis and two on the fame axis. The best is for people who are rich enough to hire the best lawyers, but who are not famous and can appear to the jury as regular joes.