Max and Pericles are partially correct he did commit a crime then tried to pervert the course of justice. And yes he has the obligation to set an example but under the law everyone is equal.

He has served the country well and he may well be someone whose personality is uppity but again in both law and logic this is irrelevant.

I didn’t watch the four corners on principal it was more cashing in on the lowest common denominator emotional hyped up irrelevant pap.
Tell me how this program did:
• Inform you with knowledge that you NEEDED to know?
• Was it ‘really’ interesting?
• How is this knowledge relevant to your lives?
• Is this your view of entertainment?
IMO if it’s none of the above why watch the trash.

Class indignation aside it was a man who was guilty of a traffic breach and trying to pervert the course of justice who ultimately got his come uppings. If he was Joe Glockshmidt a labourer would you be interested?
So in essence this topic has traction/coverage in the bottom feeding media is because of his status (he wasn’t paid squillions as a public figure pop star etc) and therefore based on “status envy”. I’m with Spikey on this one what do you want …selling seats to watch him being thrown to the savage animals at the MCG.
Final the suggestion that he won’t carry any extra penalty because of his status is both preposterous and based on ignorance. The impact on his family would be considerable and they did nothing yet the media hounded them too. Do you seriously think that this doesn’t have pressure and he won’t feel guilty for it? Sorry Belly old mate you missed the bus on this one.

Former Judge Einfield showed like every other human that he was born of a corruptible seed. In this matter he is no difference from you, me or anyone else. He like most is in denial having be quoted as saying that he considers himself an honest person.

Personally I feel sorry for him as he has paid a much higher price than most for a 'minor' crime. Recently a man who raped a 4 year old girl walked free from court (suspended sentence). The sentence seemed particularly harsh in light of this. Like most though he seems to be in denial when it comes to the sorry spiritual state of the human heart. Thank God Christ is able to change and cleanse a person's corrupt heart and mind.

I too think he is a pompous fool, a snob, much like those who live in Bowral and surrounds and imitate English men.
But he was a living treasure, even I thought of him as such.
He was charged to deliver the law, how can he or anyone say he is an honest man?
Such as he, not only here but in England and America do prison time in luxury compared to others.
He will get early release, he will bet on it, Foxy we differ here.
He is no normal person, life has rewarded him, his own efforts and education helped, but the law he disgraced got him to the top.
Aussie do not without reason put the boot in, this bloke is no under dog, he would walk past you and I without a glance on the street, he has earned my disrespect.

Belly
Perhaps he's the bigest ass in history but were his family to blame.
I have a fool proof way to handle pigs ignore them. "Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels." He got what was comming to him. Remember the bigger they are the harder they take the fall. Look at the "borg's" concession speech twitter and bisted or what. Was he really tring to convince us that the LNP didn't get up to personal attacks and half truths?
Anyway I'm not excusing him but the media is as usual well out of line I consider his family. and as I sad it's a 10th class issue.
But I guess we will have to agree to disagree old mate.:-)

Dear Belly,

You know how highly I respect your
point of view. Your integrity is beyond
reproach. And I have to admit that I'm
biased - as far a Marcus Einfeld is
concerned. To me he's always represented
a man whose heart was in the right place.
He stood up for so many important issues -
especially in the Human Rights Commission.

That's why I suppose considering how much
good the man did in the past - I find it
difficult to judge his life so severely
because of one lousy traffic ticket.

I guess I'm looking at the bigger picture,
and I don't think one mistake can possibly
wipe out the good done in the past.

Think about it.

Possibly Einfeld was once an honest person who tried to live an upright life. I think the power to sit in judgment upon others as a judge is ultimately corrupting. A judge can get to feel above the common herd. A possible remedy is to have judges sit for only short terms. The knowledge that a judge will in a short be dealing with lawyers appearing before him as one of their colleagues may have a restraining effect. Judges have been given long terms with the expectation that they will be insulated from politics. I think the result in many cases is that they may get corrupted due to their isolation and lack of accountability.