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.

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    6 hours ago

    I‘m pretty sure the Netherlands are still near the top in global rankings when it comes to equality. I would guess it‘s much worse in most countries. But it‘s a mostly capitalistic world and being poor is expensive. Everywhere.