The "deal" cut by the State Attorney exposed the real extent of the corruption that permeates the Attorney General's office, the judicial system, and the law enforcement community. The judge who put his seal of approval on the deal was himself a former police officer. While the charge of perjury is a felony, a serious offense, Fuhrman will not spend a single hour in jail. In practice this is never done, and the only reason it was done in this case is because Fuhrman was a policeman, and the courts and the prosecutors of the state do not want to alarm the law enforcement community, who lie all the time for the benefit of the state.

Even though LAPD Det. Andrew Teague was caught red-handed falsifying evidence in a murder case, and lying about it under oath, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office decline to prosecute him. Similarly, prosecutors in Ventury County declined to prosecute LAPD Officer Theodore Briseno for perjury, even though they were certain that he lied under oath during the Simi Valley trial of those officers charged in the illegal beating of Rodney King. The riots were the result of this lying, but this is never admitted in public.

Some people in the legal community are appalled that Fuhrman will pay a $200.00 fine, and serve three years on probation, with the only restriction upon him being that he must not break any laws while on probation. For a former policeman, refraining from breaking laws really shouldn't put any kind of cramp on his lifestyle. As a felon Fuhrman cannot obtain a license (such as a private investigator, or as a professional), but he'll continue to receive his pension. Inevitably the entire penalty is a slap on the wrist for a crime that, had it happened to a civilian, would have absolutely landed him in prison for one to three years.

The State Attorney thinks his show made him appear tough and legal-minded, but in reality it revealed him to be corrupt, and stupid. It would have been wiser to do nothing, than to openly orchestrate a deal that even the NAACP called a "white-wash." It reveals once again the reality that modern America is a police state, in which the police live with special privileges.

The State Attorney justified his deal on the basis that it is hard to win perjury cases, neglecting that this case was almost open and shut, just like the Rodney King case, in which the most compelling evidence was a video tape that had already been seen by the world. The planet witnessed Fuhrman lie on the witness stand, and he has no one to blame but himself.

Anyone who is convinced that perjury convictions are hard to obtain should talk to Leonard R. Milstein, who received three years in prison for perjury in a death-penalty case; or the wealthy Van Nuys businessman who was sentenced to two years in state prison after he signed false statements claiming exemption from court fees. These men know the reality that if you are not from the protected ranks of police, then an entirely different criteria comes into effect. A double standard.