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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
And about being wrongly accused... my ex boyfriend/good friend who I love dearly is probably going to jail next week on his birthday for something that he didn't do or had anything to do with, but there is really not a lot of evidence to prove him innocent. So yes, I do believe people can be wrongly accused.
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Where the hell are you from, boss? This isn't how the criminal justice system is supposed to work - there is no "proving innocent," I'd have him look into that really really fast.
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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
And yeah I hope the equal rights activists are protecting everyone. My whole point of my post was to say that there are a LOT of athletes who get away with things... as well as politicians, actors/actresses, musicians, and it's sick. When any other normal Joe would get arrested for drug abuse or whatever, if he got charged/convicted he woudln't be able to work because he'd be in jail (I guess... that's how it is in my friend's case). However, a lot of famous people, like Robert Downey, Jr. are continuously released and let to work again. Or in athletes situations, play again and receive millions of dollars.[/color]
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uhhh . . . well, I hate to break it to ya, but first-time drug offenses aren't major crimes. AND - there are repeat offenders from every social strata . . . but celebrities are under a microscope in society, so it's much better news than when I get arrested for going back on the dope.
Bottom line: a shitload of people "get away with things", as you put it - usually it's due to OTHER PEOPLE getting them off, not themselves. Whether it be an upper-class white man paying for good lawyers, or getting off b/c a 'jury of your peers' is just that, and lets you off for no apparent reason - there's no reason to jack on a sports figure just b/c he's famous.
As a post-script - the latest from the Philly PD is that no blood was found in his wife's car - just the broken glass. The plot thins.