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Jackie said she\u2019d come to Court with me and I got my Junior High Principal to write the Judge a letter saying how honest I was. Well, it\u2019s only 2 months after getting my license that I\u2019m back in front of the same Judge with my 4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup> tickets. The Judge listened to me and Jackie, read the letter, listened to the cop (lying), and says, \u201cYou know, I probably should have convicted you of all 3 the first time. Guilty on excessive acceleration \u2013 turn in your license son.\u201d I couldn\u2019t believe it! A total injustice! I had legitimately worked a sort of plea bargain the first time around and now the Judge wasn\u2019t willing to call the cop a liar.<\/p>\n A few good things did result, however. One: I started to have a keen sense about injustice. Two: I used the Notice of License Revocation the State sent me to start a set of fake IDs. (In those days you could erase and type in different info \u2013 like my year of birth.) And three: I decided to become a lawyer*.<\/p>\n *Actually these court experiences just brought being a lawyer to the forefront of my mind. In 8th<\/sup> Grade my parents had me read about United States vs. Sacco & Vanzetti<\/i>, and Brown vs. the Board of Education<\/i>; and even earlier than that in a skit the Dawkins kids did for our parents (it was a family tradition to develop skits every New Year\u2019s Eve while Grace & Jack were out), I walked by with my father\u2019s brief case and announced I was taking my case to court, then re-appeared carrying an empty suit hanger saying I lost my suit.<\/p>\n No virus found in this message. Only problem was that the cop took it personal that I beat the rap. One month after being in Court, I left the varsity football game at half time to give Jackie Smyth a ride on my bike to a … Continue reading
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