The system is also exceptionally biased (certainly so for a democratic country where ostensibly people are free, equal, and corruption is low) against the lower income layers of the society and based on race, while the top layer of income/influence gets a wildly, ridiculously different experience. [0][1][more] The US doesn't seem to have a justice and penal system, they have a modern slavery system.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus#Criminal_charge...