I honestly think rich people get off easier in some cases. Not just the rich but also celebrities. I think as mainly because of the money and because of status of certain people. Because I have seen videos of celebrities not getting in trouble with the police because the police realized who the person was or the status of that person. I'm not saying they get away with it all the time but often I believe do
it depends, ususally they can afford better lawyers and are better educated,
but there can be cases where the society wants to punish the rich, like in china where a rich son of communist functionair drive over a girl and she died, he was executed to appease the internet mob.
it depends vastly on the situation in the society