On average, Dutch courts impose harsher sentences on suspects who are less well-off than those in a better socioeconomic position, the Research and Data Center (WODC) found in a new study on criminal law.
On average, Dutch courts impose harsher sentences on suspects who are less well-off than those in a better socioeconomic position, the Research and Data Center (WODC) found in a new study on criminal law.
Probably because fediverse users keep linking it.
Also, let’s not pretend that this is significantly different in any other western country. Paid lawyers are standard in most judicial systems, wealthy suspects will always have an advantage because of that.