JUSTICE FOR SOME IN TAHOE

I can't believe our justice system up here at Tahoe. This pot guy gets not
even a year in El Dorado jail. He has been in and out of jail. ... For
medical use my butt. But he somehow got a lawyer and the money to beat it.

My son is doing 18 months in Folsom Prison with murderers and rapists for
DUIs. He actually had one but the other three were harrassment by a highway
patrolman who had it out for him. Our lawyer said we could take it to trial,
he could put the officer on the stand and show he had it in for my son, and
we could win. But it would cost me $10,000.00, so because I did not have the
money, my son is behind bars with murderers and rapists.

We all of my age group were taught by our parents that the system will work
with you. What a lie. I am not a mother that says this stuff, that my kids
are angels, far from it, no kid is, but what is right is right and this was
all wrong. The lawyer I had really did not do anything for us, but kept
wanting more money and I never saw what it went for. Then my son was given a
public defender; what a joke that is. They are so over-cased it is not even
funny. He probably would not even remember the case if I called him, that
is, if he even returned my call. Yes, my son deserved some kind of
punishment like maybe some time in the county jail and or probation. But 18
months in Folsom and three years probation for basically one righteous DUI
and three trumped-up ones. Come on.

Someone really needs to look into the Justice system here at Tahoe and see
who it does and does not benefit.

Sandra Lane

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