--Jim Williams, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Chapter 22
As long as one can match the prosecution dollar for dollar, one has a chance to obtain justice in this country.
Williams--eventually acquitted after four trials--stated he was "...forced to pay for every move my lawyers make to counter them."
"Them" being a district attorney with "...an unlimited budget, full time investigators and free use of state laboratories."
Jim Williams--who claimed his own attorneys were "...five-and ten-thousand dollaring me to death" crossed my mind when I read the following comment posted at "Dear Governor Crist".
How differently this case might have turned out with legal representation that didn't run dry once the money ran out.
"My son is in prison for 8 years and is on the SOR.When he was 15 years old he sexually abused his sister, he realized what he was doing was wrong and stopped. 2 years later my daughter's school found out about it and call the cops. He was and charged as an adult,for something he did when he was 15. He was put on probation for 7 years. 5 years later his PO revoked him for having consensual sex with a girl that was 22 years old. Because he did not get her permission first, before they had sex. Now he seats in prison for 8 years."
Justice in America is indeed blind to those without a house full of antiques to sell.
