Thread: Angry at Judicial System

Grrr. I'm just venting some pent up frustration at the juducial system in the U.S. With some high profile cases this summer with the whole Paris Hilton thing and Lidsay Lohan, I am very angry at how things work in America. These celebs get special treatment when they do something wrong. Paris was on probation, and then got a DUI. she was only given get a house arrest after this. This angered so many people that the circus that is the LA prosecutors office had to retract that offer and she had to go to a slap-on-the-wrist prison for a half sentance. If this was any regular person, they would have had to have done the entire thing w/o any of the bs.

Now on what I am angry about myself is my situation with being caught drinking while I was at school. I was just walking home and a public safety officer(a step above a rent-a-cop) pulled along side me and asked me some questions. I didnt have anything with me, so I dont know what the big deal was. The guy was a prick and didnt listen to a thing I said. He gave me a $200 ticket and I had to go to court. So recently, I hired a lawyer, which cost me $500, to represent me. He talked with the prosecutors office and we now are able to settle it outside of court. I've got to pay a fine of like $200 for it to go away.

So what I am trying to say is that this system is so messed up and needs to be fixed. They only want their money. What happened to me could have been avoided. The people on campus let drunk people go all the time. They really dont care if I did it, all they wanted was me to pay my dues to the government. All of this is gonna cost me almost a thousand dollars for some minor offense that is not even going to show up on my record. Man I'm pissed. With all the stress this has caused me, I just dont know why this happens at all.