They say money can't buy you happiness but apparently it can buy you a get out of jail free card. And if you ask me, that's just plain wrong.
I feel a little sick after reading the story I just did. If the wealthy and elite can just fork over cash to get out of the unthinkable scott free, what kind of a society are we creating?
There's a rich man in the states (Delaware) - he is an apparent heir to the DuPont fortune who hasn't had to work a day in his life yet owns two homes, one of which is a $1.8 million mansion - who is freely walking the streets after committing a crime that is the lowest of low and almost unimaginable.
Robert Richards (the fifth) married his true love, had two children and one would think with all the wealth and opportunity they would ride off into the sunset to live happily ever after. Not so. Robert decided to rape his two young children. Repeatedly and for two years. His daughter was just three when this started, his son 19 months. It makes me sick to think about it.
However it came about, what Richards was doing came to light and he's had his day in court. When on trial he openly admitted to what he had been doing. He also said he promised to never do it again. Well that's good enough.... yeesh...
His guilty plea did land him a sentence of eight years in prison BUT that's not where things ended. The Superior Court Judge wound up overruling the findings and suspending the sentence. What!?!
Judge Jan Jurden suddenly decided prison would be too harsh for Richards and that he "wouldn't fare well." Again I say WHAT!?! Prison, and being subject to the general population behind bars is EXACTLY what this man deserves, if not worse... Who CARES if he "fares well." Unbelievable.
Since the decision Richards' wife (I hope EX or soon to be) has filed a lawsuit and rightly so. What kind of a judge would allow this to happen?
Reportedly, Jurden has received multiple awards for strengthening public trust in the state's court system - if she is handing down decisions like this, what else is she doing? Worse yet, what about the judges who are less noteworthy? No one can say for certain what exactly transpired here (and I'm not going to either), but it's sure easy to assume there may have been a little cash exchanged. If the wealthy can climb above the law just because they have money, think about the world we are creating. Just because someone has money, does not mean they are better... and that's quite obvious in this case. Wake up people!
