The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
This article is very true in the way that the poor get discriminated on in almost every aspect of life. When people look at them they don't see them as equals they see them as potential criminals and feel threatened by them. This gives them little to no chance of coming out of this class and advancing in life. If a person from the middle or upper classes commit a crime that is identical to a crime that a poor person commits it is far more likely that the poor person will get convicted for it long before somebody from the upper class. This is just how celebrities or people in politics often get away with committing crimes. Nobody would ever suspect a member of upper society or a public figure to commit a crime so automatically all eyes look to the poor because they live in the stereotype that because they are poor they are going to steal whatever they need, no matter what it takes. The justice system is indeed failing by basically letting people get away with many inexcu!
sable crimes because they seem to be looking in the other direction, towards the less fortunate. Upper class can also hire any attorney that they so desire to defend them and they will definitely represent them better than an attorney that was appointed to the poor by the state, which leads to the poor being imprisoned for an identical crime. This makes them angry at the entire system and makes them more likely to commit a crime again.
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