By delaying court cases in this manner, Ralston was able to keep his clients free on bond for months or even years, while weakening court cases over time by letting memories fade and evidence expire. Some of Ralston’s clients retained him specifically for these reasons.

There isn’t the political will in Georgia to change the law and there wasn’t the political will to remove him when he was alive.

Fuck the south.

  • originalucifer
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    i like the one about how the gov of georgia barely ‘won’ an election, and then had the servers with all the votes immediately wiped because he was also the election commissioner… because presiding over your own election isnt a conflict of interest for some reason in georgia

  • @some_guyOP
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    Gotta love those good 'ole boys in souther politics and law enforcement. They sure know how to grift.

  • Cruxifux
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    2414 days ago

    Corruption is one of the worst offences an individual can do to society and should be life sentence minimum

    • @some_guyOP
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      I’d say minimum would be jail. If life is minimum, then there’s only one step up. We need jail for that asshole city councilor who complained that a cop pulled him over for running a stop sign, but not life. We need life for a guy like this Georgia asshole. Not all corruption is equal, but all of it should nullify ability to hold office and all of it should result in jail.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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        014 days ago

        I mean, Luigi’s options are Jury Nullification, in which the Jury probably doesn’t know is an option. Or use legal shenanigans to keep delaying the case while on bail.

        • chingadera
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          1113 days ago

          Yeah that’s not what the lawyer above did at all. We don’t correct this system by doing exactly what is broken about the system at the detriment of the people.