“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scottie, you said a mouthful there.
Rich people don’t operate like jes’ plain folks. That’s even true when it comes to the law, where everybody is supposed to be equal under the eyes of.
You remember what happened to Robert Blake and Phil Spector, don’t you?
Now you can add wealthy R&B singer R. Kelly to the list.
He’s been charged with an icky crime — having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
In fact, the dumb ass videotaped the encounter, and police got hold of the evidence.
I’m no F. Lee Bailey, but I’m thinking an orange jumpsuit is in R. Kelly’s future.
So far, however, his money has allowed him to purchase the services of some skillful lawyers, who have allowed him to dodge that unpleasant possibility.
His case did finally come to trial this week — six incredibly long years later.
That’s right, folks. When he was indicted back on June 5, 2002, Saddam Hussein was still in power. Barack Obama was an obscure Illinois state senator.
How long do you think you could delay your trial if you were charged with a crime like that? I’m guessing six days at most.
Yes, a lot of water has gone under the bridge in the last half-decade-plus-a-year. All the time, R. Kelly has been living the high life instead of eating cold baloney sandwiches and talking to visitors on a telephone through a thick plate of glass.
I hope that justice delayed here is not justice denied.
If the jury foreman does deliver the magic words — “Your honor, we find the defendant guilty on all counts” — I hope R. Kelly spends at least the next six years eating cold baloney sandwiches and talking to visitors on a telephone through a thick plate of glass.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scottie, you said a mouthful there.
Rich people don’t operate like jes’ plain folks. That’s even true when it comes to the law, where everybody is supposed to be equal under the eyes of.
You remember what happened to Robert Blake and Phil Spector, don’t you?
Now you can add wealthy R&B singer R. Kelly to the list.
He’s been charged with an icky crime — having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
In fact, the dumb ass videotaped the encounter, and police got hold of the evidence.
I’m no F. Lee Bailey, but I’m thinking an orange jumpsuit is in R. Kelly’s future.
So far, however, his money has allowed him to purchase the services of some skillful lawyers, who have allowed him to dodge that unpleasant possibility.
His case did finally come to trial this week — six incredibly long years later.
That’s right, folks. When he was indicted back on June 5, 2002, Saddam Hussein was still in power. Barack Obama was an obscure Illinois state senator.
How long do you think you could delay your trial if you were charged with a crime like that? I’m guessing six days at most.
Yes, a lot of water has gone under the bridge in the last half-decade-plus-a-year. All the time, R. Kelly has been living the high life instead of eating cold baloney sandwiches and talking to visitors on a telephone through a thick plate of glass.
I hope that justice delayed here is not justice denied.
If the jury foreman does deliver the magic words — “Your honor, we find the defendant guilty on all counts” — I hope R. Kelly spends at least the next six years eating cold baloney sandwiches and talking to visitors on a telephone through a thick plate of glass.
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