Law failing to get hot under white collar

WHAT do you have to do to get arrested in this town? Last week, Judge Peter Kelly voiced a sentiment that resonates with a large chunk of the populace. He is not pleased with the progress of investigations into white-collar crime.

“An apparent failure to investigate thoroughly — yet efficiently and expeditiously — possible criminal wrongdoing in the commercial/corporate sector does nothing to instil confidence in the criminal justice system as applicable to that sector,” he said.

A similar sentiment was once expressed in song by Bob Dylan. “Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king.”