Trading War Story Analysis

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`Trading war stories; no criminal ties, the journey begins. Imagine hearing a judge say, Mr. Johnson, I hereby sentence you to 30 years to serve in the United States penitentiary. D-Money looked back in the courtroom to see the prosecutor laughing at his mother as she cries before the Court. For the first time, he saw her pain. The loss of two sons and a husband or the father of her children was more than she could bear. Their mother was not a college graduate or a person of intellect or knowledge who understood the system. She had no idea how to challenge what had happened to her family. They did not have any assets to defend against the government; the system is designed that way. It is designed to charge people with a crime, seize their assets and prevent them from defending against the accusations. …show more content…
However, they thought that the scheduled hearing was to consider their motion for bail after all they had been incarcerated since 2005. Their lawyers received almost two million dollars to pay a cash bond. Three years later, the Johnson brothers sat behind bars with no communications from their legal team or an understanding of their legal defense. The attorneys lied.

During the first year, David and Solomon sat silently while people shared their war stories and most of the stories were lies, blatant lies. People had dramatized their story in a way that caused more harm than good. Like rough riders who slip and fall, during the first year, the brothers from the Motor City went on a bus ride. The feds continuously transferred them different prisons to break down any influence they thought that they had in the system. All of their family, friends and colleagues were incarcerated and serving five to thirty years and no one could investigate their

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