I got a letter from my son a week or so ago and he told me that he filed a appeal when he first got to Wasco prison but a week later he sent a paper withdrawing his plea because he said he knows I do not have the money to get him a good attorney and its just going to be a waste of time for him to go to trial with a attorney who will not fight for him or believe in him so he is just going to settle with the 34 yrs and its killing me because they screwed my son all the way around they never did no investigation and they would not let him fire his attorney all they would say is your son looks like a gang member and no jury will find him innocent so its either 34 years or life wow is there much of a difference in that my son will be 60 years old when he comes home it breaks my heart
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and Mary Flores thank you for yout concern and for your prayers God bless us all
I lost my son and his kids got put up for adoption and now i can not see them or talk to them and i had nothing to do with anything but because i have a record i had no chances and i had changed from my past but it still did not matter I was numb and scared for my son but he is much stronger than i am and is dealing with it way better I guess heck I just do not know anymore and I always stand beside my kids right or wrong but I fought as hard as i could cause my son was guilty of carelessness but not of what he got charged with and the system in California is way out of wack
Lindagogg I tried to find a lawyer that would take my sons case pro bono since it first began I think I called every lawyer in the phone book ,my son has a bad record and already had 2 strikes nobody would take his case pro bono as crazy as it sounds I never thought about or tried to get my son a attorney before because i strongly believe you do the crime you pay the consequences, myself included but what happened this time was a accident and it was not a minor accident without going into detail nobody was killed but anyways my son was careless and it did happen so my thinking was he should get some time for it but 34 years is totally way out I could tell you the whole story about how he had a state appointed attorney who at first said he did not have enough experience to take on my sons case so he refered us to a colege of his who we put 2000 down for and he never went to see my son nor talked to my son nor did anything for 5 months nothing so my son fired him and they gave the case back to the same state appointed who said he was not experienced enough and all the sudden the guy said he was capable wow than they still never investigate or even ask my son his side of the story nothing saying the way my son looks no jury would find him innocent and he would end up getting life so i should be happy he has a out date it was crazy they told my son he was pleading guilty to one thing and in court changed it they wanted my son to say he did what happened on purpose I was going crazy and the judge would not allow my son to fire that attorney no other lawyer would take my sons case without 10,000-15,000 down and we do not got it like that I just was lost did not know what to do anymore
Is it possible for him to file for a new trial, considering attorney, no investigation and judgement by his looks? Maybe this would give you time to call attornies, explain your situation, maybe you can find someone to take it Pro Bono. I used to trust the trust the law, now it scares me. I can only express hurt and pain for you.