Quote Originally Posted by airshifter View Post
It's rare that a person can settle out of court if there is any strong case against them. Knowing BE has money, it would cost huge amounts to take his case to trial, at the risk of no recovery of money if he isn't proven guilty. Likewise Bernie knows being tied up in courts all costs him a great amount of money, time, frustrations, etc.

If you got charged with a traffic ticket for a minor offense would you waste countless time proving your innocence, or pay the small fine the way many people do? Being someone with a lot of money, Bernie's life is a lot easier just settling things out of court. He doesn't have much time left to spend his billions as it is, why waste some of that time?
It is sad really.
There are always 3 different judicial systems!
One system for regular folks and the vast majority of the population where the courts like to use the heavy hand of the law to hammer down folks needlessly
Another system for the rich, where they can pay their way out of convictions, or find themselves being shown extreme leniency, even in some of the most heinous crimes.
And the last one reserved for corporations, where they need not even bother about a conviction or even going to court.

So why should it be any different for bernie?
The money is inconsequential towards what he was charged off. and worse yet, his co-conspirator is currently still serving jail time for his part.
last i checked germany was not struggling for money and so who actually benefits from that $100mil?
Are the german courts telling me that paying a fine can mitigate a conviction or charges of clear bribery, even when the defendant admits as much?