Its about how much money you have to defend yourself with.
Ill tell you my story here, its exactly what the OP is asking, but if the mods remove this post, Im cool with that too.
I was made a Felon when I reported an Alaska State Troopers assault on my oldest daughter. Luckily at the time , another AST stopped the attack , but that didnt stop him and the assaulting officer from later lying and changing the story and audio recordings of the events.
The Alaska State Troopers altered their own recordings to implicate me. I never once touched their personal recorders, and they did not lose them or erase them, but changed them to make me look like I was an aggressive nut, and deny me my Constitutional Rights to Fair Trial, and as well, they changed the tapes to hide the crime I reported and implicate me in a crime. They repeatedly lied in court, something else that's no problem to show, when this go's Federal....
After trial, in which I was found guilty of Purgery for my report , but before sentencing, I had two audio Forensic specialists go over and scientifically PROVE that the only evidence was tampered with. If that had not happened, I would have never even gone to court.
I was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months prison time, 3 years probation. Once my sentence is "served" the damn felony "go's away", according to the Judge and my current Lawyer.....so there is some ways to get past the life long punishment.
At my sentencing , I gave both reports, one from Brite Soultions of Anchorage, one from SandCastle recordings or Fairbanks, that both clearly showed the evidence tampering, and yet was denied a dismissal. It was clearly the amount of $$$ that I was able to pour into my Audio Forensic Specialists reports that made a difference.
After the AFS reports were given to the judge, not one Alaska State Trooper would testify how "Bad I made their lives with my "lies", as they were expected to in the trooper crowded Court room. Insted its all been threats as it started with.
My wife saw the assault and is also a victim, and thats why she stood to and went hunting these last 3 or so years with out a flinch. Shes 100% behind me on this, thankfully.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooo I put in an appeal and explained my intentions to the the Judge ........who then let me walk out of the court room until "retrial". Talk about a dozen Pizzed AST!!! I was astounded how many know about the evidence tampering, but taking their cue's from child molesting priests, they all cover for their fellow criminals in this gang here and not serve Justice or protection as their jobs demand.
This is my current state, even a year later....waiting.....waiting.....waiting.....
http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1452life_below_zero_star_appeals_perjury
Heres just one tampering. Notice that despite the missing conversation (its me hes suddenly talking to asking about "something unrelated" to the conversation he cut out.....and no change in the time stamp , either, as well as his testimonial that the tapes were never tampered with. I have a couple more , but this one is already public, and can be shared.
Listen and see if you can detect the cut.....
http://s53.photobucket.com/user/edw...erYoungevidencetampering.mp4.html?sort=3&o=55
Fact is, I have completed my 3 years of probation without a single violation, and according to Fed laws, Black Powder is the way I have to go, and I will.
This is not over, however and much more $$$ and time will get wasted bringing the real criminals out of their protective Trooper cover, and into a prison cell, where they belong.
I am not at all "Anti-Police" at all, but I believe they MUST be held accountable, responsible, and I believe Politicians, cops and bankers need mandatory minimum sentencing when they abuse their authority, just like child molesters. Should share the same cells too.
Before this, as many here know from my years of posting, that I was a Hunter, a Fire dept Chief, an EMT-1 and a disaster planing commissioner for our Borough and on a public safety board, here in Noorvik. In those years, all went quite well in all dealings with the police, but the Northwest of Ak has a dark cloud now ........
You can be made a Felon, easily, if a criminal gang of cops and their enablers in officers positions decide to beat your daughters, threaten you, and frame you when you report it, and I dont even live in Chicago.....