two systems of justice in america: one for the ultra-wealthy <u+2026> another for everyone else 




billionaire peter thiel said yesterday: 




if you<u+2019>re a single-digit millionaire <u+2026> you have no effective access to our legal system. 




thiel is saying even plain vanilla millionaires can<u+2019>t afford justice in america. 




fordham law school professor and criminal justice expert john pfaff notes that <u+2013> using 2007 numbers <u+2013> many states<u+2019> entire budgets for legal defense for people who can<u+2019>t afford a lawyer is in the single-digit millions: 1. as of 2007, four states<u+2019> entire indigent defense budget were <u+201c>single-digit millionaires.<u+201d> 




maine: $9.6m
billionaire: <u+201c>single digit millionaires<u+201d> are too poor to get justice in america
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