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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 AM

The definition of a "two-tiered justice system"

Ordinary people who commit petty, nonviolent crimes rot for decades in inhumane prisons. High political leaders who commit serious felonies receive full-scale immunity
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  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009 06:51 AM

    it's not about punishment...

    ...it's about employment for lawyers and drug enforcement officers and private prison administrators.

    seriously, lawyers make laws. lawyers profit from the laws they make. society suffers. all lawyers should spend a week in jail, just because.

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