The son of a powerful New York City real estate mogul, Durst was conveniently adjacent to several disappearances and brutal murders over the course of several decades — including one where he impressively did admit on the stand to decapitating someone and hiding their body but was still rich enough to convince the jury that he was innocent.
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We keep seeing cases where money and influence allows rich folks to find enablers who help them get away with crimes for far too long. In cases involving people with average incomes or less, without the press, public pressure, and means to motivate lazy law enforcement resources to do their jobs, the outcome tends to be the same or worse.
The whole system needs serious reform.
