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by spiderice 969 days ago
Probably because he's on trial..
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The fact that there's a significant chance that he can get away with totally inept, broad daylight theft of billions of dollars is a major motivation for such crimes.

Millions of Americans aren't afforded such luxuries; they can't afford adequate legal resources, maybe they get manipulated into a bad plea deal. Hence we have a clearly bimodal justice system.