In the case of accused child molester, James Alderman,( story,
page A5 , Nov.14 , Providence Journal ) we read : " bail requirements
are not lowered to accommodate a client's financial situation " AND
" Alderman should stay locked up until trial ".
Does one have to be a Solomon to see the injustice here ? Is
the client also implicitly GUILTY of low economic status - an officially
unrecognized CRIME ?
In general why do we not challenge this blatant injustice of fixed
bail and fixed fines - independent of an individual real means ?
I read, for example, that a person who gets caught recklessly passing
a stopped school bus can be fined $300.00 . But what a difference in
punishment ! A rich lawyer loses his weekend parting money; a poor
laborer loses nearly a month's rent !
For months now in this White House sex scandal we have been hearing:
" Nobody is above the law ! " . But it seems that the less affluent are
all too often... BENEATH THE LAW ! ( less affluent )
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