Uncle Sam’ Justice
First, a recent news item:
Paul Allen, the former CEO of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. was charged with participating in a fraudulent scheme that duped some of the largest U.S. financial institutions for $3 billion. The plan targeted the federal bank bailout program, and brought down Colonial Bank of Montgomery, Alabama and its parent company, Colonial BancGroup Inc.
Allen pleaded guilty on two counts, committing bank and wire fraud, and making false statements to authority. The prosecutors asked the judge for a six years prison terms for Allen. Leonie Brinkema, the U.S. District Judge presiding the case, sentenced him to 3 1/2 years, last week.
Now take this:
On December 2007, a 54-year old homeless man, Roy Brown walked into Capital One bank in Shreveport, Louisiana and asked the teller to hand him over money. The teller looked at Roy’s hand under his jacket and thought that he was holding a gun. She handed him three wads of bills. Roy nevertheless, took just a single $100 bill and returned the rest to her. He told the teller that he was homeless and hungry, and he needed the money.
The next day Roy’s conscience overwhelmed him—his mother had not brought him up for this, he thought, and he surrendered to police. The police brought charge of bank robbery on him, and he pleaded guilty. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
Our legal system is truly blind!
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