https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/12/roanoke-man-pardoned-on-arson-conviction/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 26 Nov 2016 15:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/12/roanoke-man-pardoned-on-arson-conviction/comment-page-1/#comment-331325 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:14:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=56882#comment-331325 I admire him for his attitude and wish that I could say that I had the same attitude. I was falsely arrested for aggravated assault based on the false statements of three people that had, in fact, assaulted and battered me. I suppose that I should count myself as fortunate that I was convicted of 3rd degree misdemeanor assault. But, it still makes me angry that the prosecutor continued to peruse the case after one of them admitted in open court that he had used a choke hold on me. And the prosecutor failed to handle the case properly after I claimed that they were committing attempted criminal trespass. Well, I received a year probation and then the case was dismissed but I am still angry that out justice system simply doesn’t work.

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