Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans believe there is one set of laws for the rich and powerful and another set of laws for average Americans. According to a Gallup poll released on July 5, only 14 percent of Americans had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system. That is the lowest percentage of confidence in the criminal justice system in 28 years according to Gallup data.
The Justice Department’s credibility was dealt an irreparable blow during the Obama administration for its hands off attitude toward prosecuting crimes by Wall Street titans. The crisis of confidence deepened further during the Trump circus at the Department of Justice. Below are some of the moments that stand out in our memory as to when we, personally, lost trust in the Justice Department.
Based on that data, 86% of Americans have some or very little confidence in the criminal justice system. That means that my lack of trust in the rule of law, especially for rich or powerful criminals is not unusual, especially for white collar criminals.
Qs: Is it a good, neutral or bad thing that most Americans have lost trust in the the criminal justice system? Or the presidency, newspapers, TV news, big business, or congress?
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