Poor people always get shitty lawyers and don't get the same legal representation as people with at least a moderate amount of money. Well to do individual's can really take advantage of the system and get preferential treatment.
My hot young stripper wife currently has one brother in federal prison and one brother in state prison, she is the white sheep in her family. I could spend all day telling you horror stories about how the poor get hosed over. I'm not saying her brothers are innocent or don't belong in prison, I'm just saying if they had money they would at a minimum be serving less time. Our court system is not fair, but it is better than any other country I know of.
YMMV
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