I sort of think that our society has become so used to the idea of the rich and powerful being so far above punishment that it can never happen that when it does we simply can’t accept it. We keep waiting for that 11th hour reprieve that we’d never receive to come, for them to once again slip out of the net and leave us feeling foolish for thinking anything would change. So that even as they’re being marched off to prison or their wealth ripped away, we “know” that they’ll just be back on the street tomorrow or their money returned with apologies.