[jacquesm]

It's interesting that this pretty much codifies the 'rich people have it easier in court' phenomenon, if 'being rich' is something that you can use in your defense no matter what the crime then that's an end run around justice. The discrepancy when dealing with rich vs poor in court is already tremendous, this acts like a force multiplier. I'd like to see that same judge looking at someone who is poor to give poverty as a defense being equally lenient. But I'm not too optimistic about that happening.