Do wealthy people get off easily when they break the law?

Does our
legal system treat all people equally? Write an opinion essay for a
school assignment giving your view on the issue (300 words).

We live in a World in which it is said that money makes it go around.

Money does control every single aspect of our society. You might think
that it is really disgusting, maybe it is, although it is a fact.

In other epochs other fields exercised control over society. In Middle

Ages this influence were exercised by Church, or in a more accurate
definition: by Religion. Nowadays in our capitalist World, and I think this
adjective would be applied to all the countries despites their regimen in
this globalised World. Telecommunications has finally broken that last
barrier.

However, we have reached in western society high levels of equally and

democracy. Due to this fact, and at least in Europe and America, judges
administer justice equally without taking in account your background or
your income level. This is theoretically, although. Since your economical
level provides you the possibility of using or not the best legal means
such as the best lawyers. And that makes the different among upper and
lower classes on the real life.

Despite everything, I would like to believe that judges are honest public
servants and keep away from any prejudice and perversion. That would
mean that although you had the best lawyer you would receive an
impartial sentence. And I know it is like this when we are looking at big
and high-profile matter such as child abuse, terrorism or murder.
Nevertheless, I might think that in minor crimes having a top lawyer
would means to have a more favourable sentence because they will have
more resources for fighting against. And I am speaking about legal
resources that maybe for a less good lawyer would be more difficult to
find because they have a smaller staff and lees means.
To sum up, we could somehow state that the richer you are, the better
result you will have in a trial. I see it really difficult for major crimes
since that kind of crimes are more controlled by the judiciary and under
the light of the media, although.

Is it easier for rich people to break the

law?
Depending on which law you're breaking, it's very simple for
anyone.  Getting away with breaking the law, on the other
hand, is much, much easier when you're rich.

Rich people tend to be surrounded with people in who's best

interest it is not to get them in trouble, so crimes without
obvious victims, from financial crimes to insider trading to
drug use to prostitution, tend to never get anywhere near the
eyes of the police.  Ask someone who's worked at a really high
end hotel what happens when a rich person does drugs there. 
I guarantee their response isn't to call the police.

Even if there is an obvious victim, the wealthy can usually pay

them off to avoid charges, and never see the inside of a
courtroom.  Even if the police do get involved, wealth buys
political connections that can get the charges to go away.

And in the unlikely event that their crimes do end up with an

arrest, the wealthy can buy very skilled attorneys who can
squeeze them through the door of reasonable doubt. It would
have to be incredibly obvious that they were guilty for them to
be convicted.  And even then, they'll either plead insanity or
negotiate for a lighter sentence.  Which is why, outside of a
few crime lords, no millionaire has ever been executed in the
US, even though several have committed what should have
been capital crimes.  The rich and the poor simply don't
operate in the same justice system.
El Fiscal de corte declaró que en nuestro país la Justicia actúa diferente de acuerdo a la
clase social porque las leyes la hacen los ricos. ¿Es real esta afirmación? ¿Tienen todos los
ciudadanos en los hechos los mismos derechos frente a la ley? ¿Por qué las cárceles
terminan llenas de pobres? ¿La posición económica brinda beneficios en la Justicia?
¿Cuánto influye en la justicia quien es el abogado defensor? ¿Hay corrupción en el Poder
Judicial?
Tiene vigencia la máxima de Martin Fierro: “Hacete amigo del juez…”

Sobre las cegueras de la (in)Justicia

Por Roberto Soria
‘’Iré viendo menos cada vez, y aunque no pierda
la vista me volveré más ciego cada día porque no tendré quien me vea.’’
José Saramago
No en vano la diosa de la justicia es ciega; o al menos, la representación occidental
clásica de la justicia es una mujer con los ojos vendados, con una balanza en una
mano y una espada en la otra. Una suerte de sentido común que atraviesa el río de los
siglos desde el imperio romano hasta el presente, prescribe que la imparcialidad queda
garantizada por la ceguera en sí. Pues nada hay más falso o justamente ‘’ciego’’ que
sostener eso. Veamos.