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title: "Why do rich people get off easier when they break the law?"  
description: "Why do rich people get off easier when they break the law?"  
author: "Tarun Gautam"  
published: 2018-01-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33562/why-do-rich-people-get-off-easier-when-they-break-the-law  
category: "community forums"  
tags: ["break the law", "rich people"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Why do rich people get off easier when they break the law?

Why do [rich](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/422/what-is-the-ria-rich-internet-application) [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) get off easier when they break the [law](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44257/the-impact-of-social-media-on-lawsuits)?

## Answers

### Answer by Shriyam Srivastava

## *Money can you shorter penalties even on big charges.*

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Let me justify this statement. Often we hear about some politician/Bollywood star’s kid getting away easily after committing a crime. A crime could be as heinous as murder or offending someone’s modesty. But nobody questions them easily. Even if they do, the rich are laid-off as “privileged hain…Jaane do” \
**Why?** What is the famous stigma that we carry in our minds about the rich? \

## Here are a few of them:

• The rich have greater accessibility and reach to the law. They have connections, they know sources. That’s why they do get off the hook easily. \
• They pay huge compensation and liability fees whenever they commit a crime. No one knows what happens behind the bars with the rich and they are bailed out in the blink of an eye. \
• They not only have connections with impactful sources but also with the police. They might be sent to custody but are given bail sooner than enough. \
• Even if they are held guilty in court, they have a huge amount of money to deposit to the lawyers for setting them free. \
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**It’s not like the rich get off easily every time, but mostly they do. And when it happens, it hampers the justice and social fabric of society.** \


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