The spotlights have gone dim

Lately, it seems that the spotlights that generally frame the star shaped lives of celebrities have turned to police lights and their lives are shadowed with iron bars.
Top cases in the news have been of Wilona Ryder who is under going a trial for shoplifting over $3700 in merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue and Dionne Warwick who recently plea bargained to have drug charges dropped against her in Miami.
Has the average day celeb become the next cellblock inmate or does money really make a difference?
It seems celebrities get a different treatment because they are just that-celebrities.
From the O.J. Simpson murder case that filled America’s television screens in the nineties to the more than over-publicized case of Robert Kelly (aka R. Kelly) and child pornography, celebrities have become more infamous than famous. Still, even with the rise in celebrities turned criminals, it is very rare that you see a celebrity go to jail.
And no, I am not talking about the Kane and Abels or Silk da Shockas of the world, I am talking about internationally known artists (no offense No-Limit).
In a surprising turn in the on-going investigation of R. Kelly, the entertainer was arrested last Wednesday night in his Lakeland, Fla. home. Kelly’s lawyer claims that there was an agreement between Kelly and the judge that he would be able to return back to his resident state of Illinois to face trial. But should Kelly have been allowed to leave Illinois, while under-investigation in the first place?
My answer is no. But because Kelly has a large amount of money he was able to pay his bail and return to his vacation home.
There have been dozens of cases where persons in the spotlights have gotten preferred treatment because of who they are and the money they have
It seems in a country where the constitution, the foundation of our government, states that all men are created equal, that some of our citizens are a little more than equal than others.
Money and fame should not make any difference when it comes to breaking the law.
Nevertheless it does make a difference in a society where most people follow the golden, who has the gold makes the rules, and it seems this time the gold is shaped like a record.