As I said in another thread, I came very close on a number of occasions to just giving up and pleading guilty before my trial.
It is impossible to explain to anyone that has never gone through it, how utterly horrific it is to be accused of something you did not do. Then to make things worse, you find that 99% of people you deal with fall in to one of two groups.
1, People who do not believe you are innocent.
2, People who do not care that you are innocent.
I pleaded not guilty because I was not guilty. Sadly to most of the world I am guilty because I was found guilty in a court of law.
Despite pleading N/G, despite being N/G, I spent years inside, lost everything and am now on SOR forever.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
It is impossible to explain to anyone that has never gone through it, how utterly horrific it is to be accused of something you did not do. Then to make things worse, you find that 99% of people you deal with fall in to one of two groups.
1, People who do not believe you are innocent.
2, People who do not care that you are innocent.
I pleaded not guilty because I was not guilty. Sadly to most of the world I am guilty because I was found guilty in a court of law.
Despite pleading N/G, despite being N/G, I spent years inside, lost everything and am now on SOR forever.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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