I have a step son, who I've never met outside of prison.He's been fighting his sentence for over 20 years. I promised his mother i wouldn't forget him, and write often anf send a few bucks when he needs it. Its almost a 250 mile drive, and I don't see him that often, many times because of "lock down", a long drive wasted.He may have a valid case, three of them arrested for a robbery, the first one acquited, the second one turned states witness, and had several priors forgotten about. theres a lot more, but police bias was a factor. His mother and father both died while he was in prison, his siblings have more or less forgotten about him. He had a public defender, and he got life no parole.There are a lot of peculiar circumstances, so I'm biased. But I believe if he could have afforded a private lawyer he would have been acquitted.