Amy
06-12-2004, 10:55 PM
Is justice handed out only to those who have a certain net worth? What is this golden number? Why does it seem only those with money benefit from this system?
Yes, I am on another rant. What started this one? A story aired just 20 minutes ago by WTVA Channel 9 in Tupelo. Just last week, news of another child left to die in a hot car hit the press. A three year old child, left by his grandfather while he went to work.
I have heard many stories of these poor children being left to die in the heat and later hear of the trials and later convictions of the ones who obviously did not intend for a child to die at their negligence.
This story however is different from the others I have heard. This man will not be prosecuted for the death of his grandson because in the word of the district attorneys office "the incident was accidental".
The incident was accidental when a couple in Tupelo left there child in their vehicle too. Did they get exonerated of the charges just for that? NO! All of those daycare workers in Memphis, did they intend to leave a child to swelter to their death? NO! But were they still prosecuted? Well, of course they were. They did not have the money that dear old granddad, a car salesman from Natchez, Mississippi, had, nor were they nearly as well-known and liked in their communities. They did not serve on any committees of notice. They did not have dealing with any of the much noted public official or have friends with such connections.
Why is it that justice seems to have a price tag? Why is it that I cannot even read the amount written on that tag? Don't get me wrong on this issue. I am glad that this man did not get prosecuted over an accident, one that will without a doubt tear him and his family apart. However, my gripe is it that when someone with significantly less money has an "accident" it is negligent manslaughter or even homicide.
Yes, I am on another rant. What started this one? A story aired just 20 minutes ago by WTVA Channel 9 in Tupelo. Just last week, news of another child left to die in a hot car hit the press. A three year old child, left by his grandfather while he went to work.
I have heard many stories of these poor children being left to die in the heat and later hear of the trials and later convictions of the ones who obviously did not intend for a child to die at their negligence.
This story however is different from the others I have heard. This man will not be prosecuted for the death of his grandson because in the word of the district attorneys office "the incident was accidental".
The incident was accidental when a couple in Tupelo left there child in their vehicle too. Did they get exonerated of the charges just for that? NO! All of those daycare workers in Memphis, did they intend to leave a child to swelter to their death? NO! But were they still prosecuted? Well, of course they were. They did not have the money that dear old granddad, a car salesman from Natchez, Mississippi, had, nor were they nearly as well-known and liked in their communities. They did not serve on any committees of notice. They did not have dealing with any of the much noted public official or have friends with such connections.
Why is it that justice seems to have a price tag? Why is it that I cannot even read the amount written on that tag? Don't get me wrong on this issue. I am glad that this man did not get prosecuted over an accident, one that will without a doubt tear him and his family apart. However, my gripe is it that when someone with significantly less money has an "accident" it is negligent manslaughter or even homicide.