As I’ve stated numerous times, I am in no way considering putting up his bond. I’m only asking for people’s experience, whether it’s personal or by acquaintance, with public defenders. I have absolutely no experience with this except for watching SVU.

I know what people think when they see his record. If I had seen it before I got to know him, I’d be scared shytless. I had him do some work at my house, he was in my bedroom mounting my tv. He was in my living room putting up a curtain rod on my stupid walls that won’t hold a nail. He was in my backyard looking at my trees. We talked and texted every day since that. I picked him up from jobs, took him home voluntarily (he didn’t ask me to). There are only a few people on ND that had him do work. Everyone else is just playing follow the leader. The few that have spend many hours with this guy do not believe he did what he’s being accused of.

As much as I appreciate everyone’s insight to this, you don’t know him at all. Obviously you never really know anyone completely. But I feel like I have spent enough time with him to trust him. If it were your brother, uncle, son, best friend, would you just turn your back on him? Without trying to help in some way? Even if he is innocent, he will never be redeemed in their eyes.

I’ve been friends with an inmate before. I was the only friend that wrote him, visited, helped keep money on his commissary. It nearly broke me financially but at the time, I was fortunate to have family to fall back on if my phone got cut off. Being a prisoner, guilty or innocent, and not having anyone on the outside who cares, can make that time even more unbearable. If he is convicted, he will likely do 25+. And he will probably be moved constantly for his own safety. The only thing I’m concerned with right now is helping him in the interim. I’ll worry about the rest later.