He lowered his voice hesitantly, "Boss Brian, all these people are upper-middle class. They are either professors, well-known lawyers, doctors, or CEOs of some companies. Is it really appropriate for me to draw my gun directly?"
You see, this is the United States, a place that is especially hypocritical when it comes to double standards.
To put it bluntly, the group of people in front of him, if charged with the same crime, would receive at least one-third lighter sentences than those from lower social classes and with less education, if they appear in court without a lawyer and plead guilty.
Different punishments for the same crime are not a joke but reality.
The reason is simple.
The jury and judges would think that this group is made up of society's elite, talented individuals who must have committed crimes in a momentary impulse or under understandable circumstances, and they must be treated leniently, otherwise, it would be disgraceful and such talent would be wasted.
