Eschaton reminded me of this truth – You can’t convict rich white people of crimes. That’s a pretty big privilege. Even when they are stone cold guilty, wealthy white people can use the “I didn’t know it was a crime” defense. You have to be simultaneously rich and white to have that defense available to you.
Only once in my lifetime has that defense failed, and that was the rich white guy preyed on underage girls. I guess it is hard to claim that you didn’t know preying on underage girls is a crime with a straight face.