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1. A parent serving a child's sentence, and thus allowing the
child to have a better future.
2. A child serving a parent's crime, in order to provide a
comfortable life for the parent.
3. A family member serving someone else's sentence in exchange
for monetary compensation for their family.
These altruistic motives can still be seen today. For example,
people sometimes take the blame for a family member's
drunk-driving incident, since the punishment for a deadly accident
is far more severe if the driver was intoxicated. This
means that overall, the family spends less time is prison.
In other cases, there are people who willingly stand-in in
exchange for money for their family (owing to the large income
gap in China, this amount of money can often be very
small). The family then can afford to live a life that is better
than the one they were facing previously.
There is nothing just about the wealthy paying their way
out of a crime. everyone knows that, and cases of powerabuse
are often accompanied by massive public outrage, such
as with the case of Li Qiming, who drunkenly ran over two
girls on the campus of Hebei University. When he was finally
stopped by security guards, his response was "Sue me if you
dare. My father is Li Gang." "My Father is Li Gang" quickly
became a bitter inside joke that's used to dodge responsibility
in anything and everything. A contest was even started
around incorporating the phrase "My father is Li Gang" into
classic Chinese poems.
Much of this is a reflection of a society where people emphasize
power over individual liberty. The sad reality is that,
at least for now, it can be easy for the wealthy and powerful
to get away with things that they really shouldn't be able to.
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