"I don't think America is aware of what is going on"
Hey, all we see is Adam 12, Perry Mason, Law and Order, and SCI.
The good guys are all on one side and they win in the end.
(Can't remember when I saw a crooked judge or DA on the screen, except maybe in one Al Pacino movie.)
I see lots of movies with crooked priests and politicians, but no judges or DAs. So I'm not prepared to accept that maybe Judge Dimwittle, the epitome of righteousness, might be on the take.
I know. Until we went through it, I would have written all on this thread off as poor unfortunates or a brick shy of a full load. I really would have. I know I sound that way to others, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I truly believed (having come from a long line of L.E. and patriots on both sides of our family) that this was something that didn't happen in the solid middle class America I grew up in. My heart truly grieves for anyone who must come in contact with our judicial system. It is a place you don't want to be.
I just had a thought to expand the Law and Order TV franchise: Law and Order, Durham Style -- the inside story of what happens when the legal system becomes corrupt and out of control. It will be so scary it will have to on at 10PM.