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January 27, 2008
Equal Justice Challenged!
by Jack Lee
"Martha Stewart and Paris Hilton went to jail....Scooter Libby didn't...there is no equal justice for all in this country!" Says, Lois Lane, Post Scripts reader.
And now here is my reply to Lois...
Martha Stewart, rich conservative republican got serious jail time over a relatively minor first offense for using an insider tip to save a few thousand dollars. This happens a million times a year and nobody goes to jail, but she was made an example because of her politics and her fame. (injustice)
Average low-life con commits about 16-18 felonies before taking his first trip to the joint. Many of these are serious crimes against persons like rape, armed robbery, assault with a dealy weapon, etc. (injustice)
Paris Hilton is a lush. She is an irresponsible, unaccountable, flouncy, rich brat. She faced multiple offenses and was freed after serving only a fraction of her jail time due a psychiatric report. (injustice)
Scooter Libby, family man, never even had a traffic ticket. Hard working, industrious and an expert in national security. Highly educated and a credit to his country. Libby was fined $250,400, lost his career, his freedom and his reputation for a minor "technicality". It was his first offense. (injustice)
This was the a result of an investigation about who leaked information on CIA Agent Valerie Plame. Turned out it was not Scooter Libby, he was convicted for not being accurate. The opposition party was determined to convict somebody of something, never mind what, as long it hurt Bush. (injustice)
On December 10, 2007, Libby's lawyers announced that he would drop his appeal of his conviction in "the CIA leak case," leaving intact his remaining sentence and fine and leaving on his record his felony convictions (unless he is granted a full pardon by President Bush). The next day, December 11, 2007, President Bush issued 29 pardons but did not include Libby among them. (injustice)
There you have it, injustices across the board, there's your equality Lois. Please think about this and then please come back and talk to us. I really want to hear your considered opinion.
Posted by Post Scripts at January 27, 2008 10:38 AM