As Americans, we’ve become pretty disenfranchised with the court system that never seems to lock anybody important up. While our friends are getting years all the time, high-profile cases never send anyone important to the clink. Here are some famous court cases where the defendant didn’t see any time.
Casey Anthony – You probably haven’t heard about this one, have you? Casey walked away and even beat some of the minor jail time she was supposed to see. We’re not sure how she pulled off the magic, but she’ll probably tell us in a book that earns her millions of dollars. SMH.
O.J. Simpson – He was Casey Anthony before there was a Casey Anthony. O.J. beat the case of double murder – which might as well been quadruple murder since he killed a white woman – but his dumb a$$ had to go do some stupid sh*t and land right back in jail a decade later.
Jay-Z – Jigga may have a clean image these days but only a decade ago he was on his way to jail for stabbing an enemy in a night club. Camel decided to settle out of court. They don’t talk about that when he’s on the cover of your mom’s favorite magazine now do they?
Diddy – Want to know the real reason J. Lo left Diddy? She didn’t want all of that crime and gunshot drama in her life. Puff got off after allegedly shooting up the club one night. Shyne, though, wasn’t so lucky.
Snoop – When he rapped that “Murder Was The Case” he wasn’t lying. It was totally unsure if Snoop would beat his case but he did in a nail-biter. He had to smoke a fat one after that.
Kobe Bryant – He was totally guilty of trying to go for an easy lay-up on some low-grade poon, but we’re not sure how much defense was put up and how many crossovers he had to use to penetrate it. He got off, alright, but the wrath of Vanessa may have made him want to find a way to jail.
R. Kelly – This has got to be the most dramatic trial about pee that we’ve ever witnessed. The whole world wanted to know if Robert dropped a golden hit on a 14-year-old and, despite video “proof”, he still walked away to make more sweet music for teenagers to get seduced by.
Michael Jackson – MiJack suffered some horrible publicity after being accused of touching little boys…TWICE! But he was able to get his freedom so basically, he’s innocent and we’re sticking to it!
Every Cop That’s Shot A Black Kid, Ever – When was the last time a cop that’s wrongfully shot a Black kid gotten any serious jail time? Don’t worry, we’ll wait. Yeah, we thought so.
Barry Bonds – He blew up like an Al-Qaeda Oldsmobile and we’re supposed to believe he wasn’t on the juice? Well, despite the fact the government spent millions of taxpaer dollars on the case, Barry Bitty Balls walked away.
