He prepared to go to trial assuming his evidence – including a rental agreement and bank statements where his debit card had been charged – would be sufficient to prove his innocence.
It wasn’t.
Hertz maintained through the trial that the company had no record of Wilcoxson’s rental.
“As if the payment was fraudulent and the paper was fraudulent? Like, come on man,” Wilcoxson said. “How can someone lose at trial when the evidence that is presented is far beyond a reasonable doubt?”
He was sentenced to two years probation in October of 2014, a few weeks before he’d expected to be watching election results with his name on them. He’d forgone the campaign to deal with the trial.
Now he was a convicted felon.
Even if you have proof it may not matter in court.
Courts really hate people who represent themselves, and public defenders usually want you to take a plea and can be difficult if you refuse. Basically if you maintain your innocence and can't afford to pay a lawyer you can get screwed. SJWs always focus on "oh this happens to black guys," but white guys get screwed too if they're less than wealthy. Not even poor. Probably at least half of Americans don't have the $10K it takes to start getting represented by a criminal defense attorney
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Even if you have proof it may not matter in court.
Seems like a bad lawyer and a solid case for an appeal.
Sounds like the judge was retarded
Courts really hate people who represent themselves, and public defenders usually want you to take a plea and can be difficult if you refuse. Basically if you maintain your innocence and can't afford to pay a lawyer you can get screwed. SJWs always focus on "oh this happens to black guys," but white guys get screwed too if they're less than wealthy. Not even poor. Probably at least half of Americans don't have the $10K it takes to start getting represented by a criminal defense attorney