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.
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.