Thursday, April 7, 2016

Blankenship the imprisoned convict

Click here to access article by economist David Ruccio from his blog Occasional Links & Commentary.

This post provides another illustration of how the justice system handles capitalist's crimes different from worker's crimes. When capitalist Blankenship committed 29 murders while in pursuit of profits, he is convicted of a misdemeanor. When a worker commits a murder while trying to gain money to feed his family, he is frequently sentenced to death.