Justice Gone Wrong
It really is a tragic time in our country now. We have a completely useless moron, who contributes nothing to this planet, commit crimes and then be released from jail early because she can't handle it. She was jailed for probation violation. The original charge of DUI could have resulted in someone's death. I think people fail to see the seriousness of driving drunk. She was caught driving twice after losing her license.
Then we have a man in "Scooter" Libby who was guilty of nothing more than failing to remember the order of conversations he had over 2 years ago. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and $250,000 fine. To top it off, his testimony was more sound that the prosecutors witnesses. He was not the person who "outed" Valerie Plame. That was Richard Armitage. The overzealous prosecutor knew it was Armitage before he started the investigation, but had to get someone in Bush administration.
***UPDATE 6/7/2007 12:04PM***
From Drudge:
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network, and one of the country's formost leaders for civil rights, is blastin the justice system for what appears to be favoritism in the early release of Paris Hilton.
"Though I have nothing but empathy for Ms. Hilton whom I have met and appeared with on Saturday Night Live the night I hosted in 2003, this early release gives all of the appearances of economic and racial favoritism that is constantly cited by poor people and people of color. There are any number of cases of people who handle being incarcerated badly and even have health condition that are not released.
I have served several senctences for civil rights and civil disobedience actions and I even fasted which caused health concerns to prison authorities who paid for a doctor to come see me daily rather than release me. This act smacks of the double standards that many of us raise.
While I don't see the need to turn it into a racial issue, for the most part, Sharpton is right.
