Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100
A homeless man robbed a Louisiana bank and took a $100 bill. After feeling remorseful, he surrendered to police the next day. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
Roy Brown, 54, robbed the Capital One bank in Shreveport, Louisiana in December 2007. He approached the teller with one of his hands under his jacket and told her that it was a robbery.The teller handed Brown three stacks of bill but he only took a single $100 bill and returned the remaining money back to her. He said that he was homeless and hungry and left the bank.The next day he surrendered to the police voluntarily and told them that his mother didn’t raise him that way.Brown told the police he needed the money to stay at the detox center and had no other place to stay and was hungry.In Caddo District Court, he pleaded guilty. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison for first degree robbery.
I do not usually speak out about my views on the government, however after reading this article, I feel like I need to speak out about this issue. I put all of my faith into this country in believing that we have the best nation in the world. We have the best government and I would not live in any other country. I also believe that our justice system is the best in the world too. However all judicial systems have their flaws. This being one of them. I would like to think that racism does not play a part in it but the reality is that it does. Roy Brown should not be given 15 years in a maximum security prison for stealing and returning $100, while some rich white guy gets 40 months for laundering 3 billion dollars. Racism plays a huge roll in these cases however since he's homeless, he could not afford a lawyer in which he was appointed one. The lawyers that are appointed to these people are highly underpaid, and the majority eventually get dis-barred or are suspended of practicing law. So how are they supposed to have a fair trial? That's my take on this story.
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