Worth the Cost?

I work in a doctor's office that is very busy. We work in very close quarters and spend a lot of hours together. Recently it came to light that one of the employees was embezzling 10's of thousands of dollars from the accounts. This young woman was very, very adept at what she was doing and she fooled everyone of us. In a small office you have to develop some kind of relationship with the other employees, and when something like this happens it affects us all and that has been the case at work. But if that weren't enough, we find out that she may not be prosecuted because the DA doesn't think it's worth the cost to prosecute. Breaking several laws and stealing 10's of thousands of someone else's money isn't worth the cost!!!!!! Give me a break. And here's the icing on the cake, we have found out that she has done it before and was not charged or prosecuted then either!!!!! Same reasoning. When did breaking the law have to be worth the cost? I have never been more disappointed in our legal system than now. This means this woman can move on to another place and do the same thing. Not only were our employers robbed, but our several of our patients and we the employees were robbed (for us it will show up in no raises or none and less bonuses or none). I am sure this is a regularly occurring incident in our world , but when it hits close to home it always becomes more personal. Read on:
Another co-worker's father died this summer from negligence in a rehab nursing home. It was obviously the cause of death and the co-worker wanted this personnel to never work in medicine again. She gathered the proof and presented it to different attorneys. They agreed the proof was sufficient, but they both refused to take the case. The reason why? It wasn't worth the cost. Because he was elderly, there wouldn't be enough money won to make it worthwhile. In other words, his life wasn't as valuable as a younger person's life. They even said they could get 10's of thousands of dollars, but it still wouldn't be enough. Now, I have only given the fewest of details here, but you get the idea. It felt like a sucker's punch to hear this. I'm older; the nursing home may well be in my future; therefore my life will have no value. Not bad reasoning if a little extreme.
Needless to say, depending on our legal system gives one pause. I can only rejoice that I don't live under the law, but under grace. Life is not fair, but God is just and merciful and He alone can and will meet my every need (and yes, fear too). Thanks for listening.