Rich man's justice?The FBI estimates that white-collar crimes cost the US economy more than $300bn a year, and can have serious impacts on people's lives.  However, studies report that the majority of federal judges in white-collar cases frequently sentence well below the fraud guideline.  Evidence suggests that white-collar crimes, committed by well-off white men, are not punished as harshly as others.Judges and many in the legal system tend to see white-collar criminals - especially Caucasian white-collar criminals - as being good people who made a mistake, while the poor and minorities are more likely to have their crimes seen as a reflection of their bad character.

Rich man's justice?The FBI estimates that white-collar crimes cost the US economy more than $300bn a year, and can have serious impacts on people's lives.  However, studies report that the majority of federal judges in white-collar cases frequently sentence well below the fraud guideline.  Evidence suggests that white-collar crimes, committed by well-off white men, are not punished as harshly as others.Judges and many in the legal system tend to see white-collar criminals - especially Caucasian white-collar criminals - as being good people who made a mistake, while the poor and minorities are more likely to have their crimes seen as a reflection of their bad character.

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