Equality is only on paper. All people are equal in the eyes of the law only in that it's not *illegal* for certain people to have the same protection as others. However, equality is thrown out the window when reality gets brought into the equation. By reality, I mean wealth. You're only as deserving of fair judicial process as your bank account will allow. For example, capital punishment is reserved for the poor.

Equality isn't a right either. The priveledged will stay such, and the unfortunate will do likewise. All people aren't created equal, and equality as far as society practices it only means that everyone is *allowed* to be priveleged, as opposed to the old caste system in India where certain people weren't allowed to be equal. Modern equality is open to everyone on paper, and that's a good thing, but in practice, there's a status quo, and those with privelege have no interest in seeing others become thier peers, and the government won't do anything to level the playing field.