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How, When and Why

How is it The rich and famous If they commit a crime Mostly get away with it And seldom do time In prison, when they can pay The price of freedom That's not very nice They don't seem to have a conscience And think clemency is their due Not a thought for others Lesser mortals like me and you Why are there different rules For those in ivory towers One would need to ponder on This question for hours and hours The law was put in place To be legal and fair Could someone please explain Any legal reasons there

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Date: 3/18/2022 1:56:00 AM
Why are the Trumps not already incarcerated for the iinsurrection? "How is it The rich and famous If they commit a crime Mostly get away with it And seldom do time" That's what I want to know.
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Date: 3/1/2022 10:31:00 AM
Greed! It is amazing what people will do just to be seen with a "famous" person, criminal or saint! Judges who can't be bought can be shot! Aloha!
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Shirley Hawkins
Date: 3/9/2022 6:16:00 PM
Infamous, more like it. Ain't nothing as queer as folk.

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