“There 's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get,” said John Grisham. What he said was exactly true; regardless of race, gender, height or weight, we all judge people and assume stereotypes about them. Dating back to the late 1800s up to current times, there is a list of numerous government officials and their committed crimes in each presidency. In nearly all of these cases, the punishment, if proven guilty, was miniscule compared to what a citizen would face normally (“List”). That seems rather peculiar, don’t you think? The newest case, being of General Petraeus, was how he gave classified information to Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell (“List”). Before then, cases didn’t have much evidence for the lack of technology.
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They think that because the courts are part of the judicial branch, government workers and politicians can be exempt from trials and investigations. When they do get investigated or tried, there seems to be some instance or work around that leaves them in the clear. In the case of the Watergate scandal, Nixon and his administration were found guilty of hiding tape recorders in the Democratic Committee headquarters and he himself was impeached, but not convicted (“Watergate”). In recent times, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton violated federal law and state department policies and procedures. The act of using her private email server for work related tasks and emailing from what the FBI say “unclassified systems” all violate the State Department’s policies. Nothing came of this situation and her, even though it was proven she violated federal law and numerous procedures (“Hillary”). It seems suspicious that, a woman, who was supposed to be a role model for citizens, was found violating laws without punishment. Even while under investigation for a crime, she shouldn 't have been able to run according to U.S. Code Title 18 Section 2017, which prohibits anyone keeping or hiding records or documents(emails included), not be able to hold office or run for office of the United States (Lacapria). Then again the government is above the law so rest assured this did not float to the
They think that because the courts are part of the judicial branch, government workers and politicians can be exempt from trials and investigations. When they do get investigated or tried, there seems to be some instance or work around that leaves them in the clear. In the case of the Watergate scandal, Nixon and his administration were found guilty of hiding tape recorders in the Democratic Committee headquarters and he himself was impeached, but not convicted (“Watergate”). In recent times, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton violated federal law and state department policies and procedures. The act of using her private email server for work related tasks and emailing from what the FBI say “unclassified systems” all violate the State Department’s policies. Nothing came of this situation and her, even though it was proven she violated federal law and numerous procedures (“Hillary”). It seems suspicious that, a woman, who was supposed to be a role model for citizens, was found violating laws without punishment. Even while under investigation for a crime, she shouldn 't have been able to run according to U.S. Code Title 18 Section 2017, which prohibits anyone keeping or hiding records or documents(emails included), not be able to hold office or run for office of the United States (Lacapria). Then again the government is above the law so rest assured this did not float to the