ColinEssex
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so is there outrage about this in the US? or is it accepted as the norm?
Col
Col
not just "yes", but "HELL YES". In fact, she's received a summons and will be going back to jail after enough people screamed in disgust.
Easy, now... "If it don't fit you must acquit", remember?... O.J. did it to avoid a murder charge ...
Sadly Cindy, Ms Hilton has highlighted that what we all thought the USA is like - it's actually true.This is so ridiculous. Our judicial system deserves to be laughed at over this one.![]()
Sadly Cindy, Ms Hilton has highlighted that what we all thought the USA is like - it's actually true.
Col
That's like me saying that Prince Harry wearing a swastika highlights "what we all thought about the UK is like - it's actually true." Using the example of some privileged person who does something idiotic as a typical example of an entire population...meh, I won't go into what a spurious line of argument that is. As an example of the rich getting away with something that someone less well off would have been jailed for, it's sad and frustrating but it's hardly news.
And no, I don't really think all Britons are secret Nazi sympathizers because of an incredibly stupid thing one of the Royals did...
In the UK she would never have got convicted the first time!! Nevermind a repeat offence and jail.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1936326,00.html
So this isn't real life? I wasn't saying there's not a serious problem with a judicial system that allows someone to buy their way out of jail. What does bother me is your constant implication that the problem is unique to the US.
is not the same as paying backhanders as in the Ms Hilton shambles. If the legal process is not conducted properly then he spots it."Generally, Mr Freeman relies on oversights by police officers during the legal process and his own encyclopaedic knowledge of road traffic regulations and procedures. In some cases he has identified discrepancies in the evidence of police officers or shortcomings in procedures leading to charges during cross-examination. Often he has simply established that inadequate warnings were given prior to blood or breath tests being taken.
Now, Col...you've been a good boy most of the day, why start singing that old chestnut now?
As an example of the rich getting away with something that someone less well off would have been jailed for, it's sad and frustrating but it's hardly news.
Being deployed to Iraq you mean?![]()