Ex-prince Andrew in custody for serious crimes, South Korea's ex-president also in custody for serious crimes.
It is possible to arrest important people, it doesn't cause the collapse of society.
More accountability like this please!
EDIT: Just looked up the specific charge Andrew is facing, it has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfeasance_in_office#England_and_Wales
@FediThing I hope the delay in Peter Mandelson's arrest is just because the police are still collecting evidence to make a really strong case!
@FediThing I’ll celebrate when he’s convicted…
Well yeah, true.
In South Korea though they've sentenced the ex-president to life imprisonment! 👍
@FediThing indeed it's what society's built on, that the law is applied equally to all, without prejudice. Perhaps its the absence of this that causes collapse.
@nicol @FediThing In theory, at least. In practice it doesn't work out like that very often. "Privilege" literally means "private law".
@woe2you @FediThing I didn't know that!
Yup! But there are still apologists who mumble that presidents and politicians etc cannot be arrested 🙄
It's ridiculous, they obviously can be arrested and jailed without any problems, many countries do this.
@FediThing @nicol they should face even more #accountability than the average civilians!
@kkarhan @FediThing I'm wondering if that's what this 'misconduct while in public office' charge actually means. I don't know anything about it, but the Guardian says:
> "According to the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) website, misconduct in public office carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
> "It describes the offence as “a common law offence that can be tried only on indictment” and “concerns serious wilful abuse or neglect of the power or responsibilities of the public office held”."
@FediThing do billionaires next
