This is clearly more of a finance issue. We have a homeless, low income women in one arena. And an extremely wealthy high profile celebrity, who can afford amazing lawyers, in another. This becomes a racial AND financial disparity. I know someone is gonna argue that McDowell’s sentence also included drug charges, HOWEVER the initial five years is because she changed her address so her son can go a decent school. Situations like this just reaffirm what we already know. The criminal justice system very rarely distinguishes people as humans, but rather as a race, income, or social standing.

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