Travis has many qualities I’ve always admired, one of them being his tenacious and unrelenting drive to see something through to the end. It was a very useful trait for him to have throughout this experience. It is now around the 20th of July. It’s been a month since Travis’s court appearance where he accepted […]
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That Doesn’t Violate Our Safety Guidelines
For those of you who don’t know me, I have never been into politics. I say that because this post is NOT about politics even though it does address the response to a political hot topic. I have believed in people, integrity, love, and doing what’s best or what works well for the collective. I […]
The Axe
It was Friday morning. Fridays were always a blessing because it meant we had made it through another week, I generally had a bit of a break on the weekends compared to the commitments and work during the week and had more time and energy to be of support to Travis. Friday mornings meant we […]
Infamously Famous
We lived on coffee, adrenaline, and the hope of reprieve until June 16th. We were so anxious about what was to come and so expectant to finally find a bit of peace in our lives knowing there would be a few months until sentencing. The hearing for Travis to enter his official plea was held […]
The Evidence
With just under a week to review the evidence I got to work looking at everything available to me objectively. A new case with fresh eyes, setting aside bias of my criminal justice experience, what I know to be true of Travis’s character, and just following where the evidence led. The evidence the prosecution had […]
Do As I Say
It was the very next day, June 2nd. I was minding my own business completing another day’s work for the government and my business when my phone rang. Caller ID: FBI. Was it really them, would they call from a number with caller ID because their previous calls had not registered on caller ID? Was […]
Playing the Odds
There’s a common saying in the criminal defense world: “the federal government can indict a ham sandwich,” and Travis’s defense attorney was disinterested in taking this case to trial. The defense attorney shared a few stats with Travis, and then we began doing additional research to get the full picture. The statistics are terrifying when […]