Client faces 25 years and half a million in fines gets a Stay of Adjudication and No conviction.

Here in Cottonwood County. Not bad to get a Stay of Adjudication, no conviction, for a case that could have put my client in prison for 25 years and forced her to pay a $500,000 fine. Honestly, she is very young, Native, has a loving family, is very deserving and now she has a chance at a life. In addition, being a Native American young woman, she already faces a multitude of challenges many others may never see.

These are some of the same challenges that many in my own Native American family have also had to endure. To call me lucky doesn’t even approach the truth. Sometimes, we slog in the trenches everyday and we wonder if it ever makes any difference at all. Occasionally, you know it does.

She said it best, “This gives me a chance to start over.” Very pleased.