# Rich people don't go to prison **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071 "2014-04-01T13:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071/81 "2014-04-14T05:51:54Z")
I think you’re thinking of [Ok Kali](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Kali_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg). And, no. Just… no. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071/82 "2014-04-14T07:20:28Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Not even for child rape](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2014/03/31/wealthy-heir-receives-only-probation-for-rape-three-year-old-daughter/6PmKcs1VgsPGlfUqluULNP/story.html). DuPont heir Robert Richards, a lazy ass who does nothing but collect on his trust fund, was convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter, but is only getting probation. Superior Court Judge Jan Jurden explained:Yes, indeed, he would “not fare well” in prison, Your Honor. But who does? Oh, you just got that memo? The law exists to protect the rich from the poor, the powerful from the weak. Just ask Ron Goldman. Or Sen. Feinstein, who is busy protecting the Senate Intelligence Committee from spying by the NSA, but not us poor people, because poor people have nothing to hide. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071/83 "2014-04-14T08:24:43Z")
> [@scratch\_llll](#): > > I’m not saying anyone should ever be shot for any reason but why can’t we ever hook up the need to start shooting people with the people needing to be shot people? It’s always just some random person usually described as someone everybody loves that gets it. There should be some sort of service for this like OK Cupid or something. Supposedly [this](http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/11/18/meet-the-assassination-market-creator-whos-crowdfunding-murder-with-bitcoins/)exists; it’s just that the people willing to spend money to kill others are only ever deranged political/religious fanatics. Which is why Ben Bernanke is the number one target. Or was, as of that article being written - I haven’t kept track of it, not least because I know about as much about deepweb as I know about actually being funny. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071/84 "2014-04-14T16:47:10Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Supposedly [this](http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/11/18/meet-the-assassination-market-creator-whos-crowdfunding-murder-with-bitcoins/)exists; it’s just that the people willing to spend money to kill others are only ever deranged political/religious fanatics. Which is why Ben Bernanke is the number one target. Or was, as of that article being written - I haven’t kept track of it, not least because I know about as much about deepweb as I know about actually being funny. Yeah, the creator gives away the game when he explains what his ultimate goal is: > [@](#): > > Thanks to this system, a world without wars, dragnet panopticon-style surveillance, nuclear weapons, armies, repression, **money manipulation, and limits to trade** is firmly within our grasp for but a few bitcoins per person. I also believe that as soon as a few politicians gets offed and they realize they’ve lost the war on privacy, the killings can stop and we can transition to a phase of peace, privacy and **laissez-faire**. Emphasis added. What is it about computer dorks and Hayek? Do their repellant personalities so alienate them from actual, flesh-and-blood human contact that they fetishize “individualism” to explain why they’re alone and no woman will touch their pee-pees? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071.md?page=4)