On 2013-11-24 23:24:10 +0000, sf said:

> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:03:31 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2013-11-24 3:23 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>>>>> Then there are those that grow up in good environments and still go very
>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Consider the numbers and the types of crimes. While there may be the
>>>> occasional well bred and wealthy killer, far more of the killers have a
>>>> disadvantaged background, little money, bad parents, bad neighbourhoods
>>>> and bad choices. Seriously, look at class pictures of kids in preppy
>>>> private schools and compare them with a class picture from an inner city
>>>> school. Consider the odds of kids in those two pictures being convicted
>>>> or or a victim of a violent crime.
>>>
>>> Part of it has to do with how much money they have to spend on
>>> lawyers. You need look no further than a current case that involves a
>>> Kennedy relative, Michael Skakel. Yes, in spite of having the best
>>> lawyer money could buy at the time - his new lawyer just got him
>>> released from jail on bail by claiming his original lawyer didn't
>>> represent him adequately. What a crock. He killed Martha Moxley and
>>> it's as plain as the nose on your face.
>>
>>
>>
>> Like I said... compare the class pictures and compare the odds of a kid
>> in one of those classes being a violent criminal or victim of violent
>> crime. The vast majority of violent criminals come from the lower rungs
>> on the social ladder. You know about Skakel because he is connected to
>> a wealthy family. For every one of them there are thousands of unconnected.
>
> We know about Skakel because he did what he did it to an equally
> wealthy family - so his family's wealth couldn't beat the victim's
> family down and buy him a pardon...

.... after 25 years.

> unfortunately, it seems like the
> money gods and a skanky lawyer may end up weaseling him out of jail
> after all.