[benj111]

My current theory is that the 'justice' system is set up basically to punish a 'criminal' class, often overlapping with the lower class.

The middle and upper class don't really have much interaction, they just fondly imagine that the justice system upholds the values it espouses.

The 'criminal' class aren't so much identified by a fair trial, or evidence, but by what sounds about right.

This system may work well for moving actual criminals through the sausage factory, but falls down spectacularly in cases like this, where the 'obvious' or most likely gut feeling isn't correct.