[ WP ] Behind every great villain is a great lawyer .

If you could go back and deliver a message to your twelve year old self what would it be? That's an easy question for me, I would give him a lesson I did n't end up learning until I was 28 and had spent 6 years in jail. Save every penny of the first $ 20,000 you steal, find the best defense lawyer in the state and give it to him. After that save half of everything you make, put it in a safe deposit box and give that lawyer a key. 
 
 My first lawyer was a public defender and did n't have the time or smarts to put on a reasonable defense.The prosecution had a gun and I only had a rubber knife. I plead guilty and spent 6 years of my life rotting in jail. While in the clink, OJ Simpson got away with murder. How did he get away with allegedly killing two people? He had the best lawyers, a table full of them. He brought a tank, air support and artillery to his fight. That trial showed me the legal system was rigged, and rigged systems can be exploited. When I got out I interviewed dozens of lawyers, with 20G in my pocket. I only asked them two questions, `` why are you a defense lawyer'' and `` What is your most impressive win''. My guy said he liked fighting the system, keeping police, prosecutors and even judges honest. After telling me his most impressive win, I put the 20 large on his desk and asked him to be my lawyer. This son-of-a-bitch represented a guy who had been filmed stabbing a guy. He had confessed to the police, had the bloody knife on him and had a restraining order not to go near the guy from a previous beef. My lawyer got this guy 20 days in county for violating the restraining order. If they guy did n't have rich relatives and got stuck with a public defender he'd be serving 25 to life. 
 
 Having a good lawyer is like have a stack of get out of jail free cards in your pocket. I've had to cash a few in over the years, but I have n't served a day since my six year bit. My lawyer has a key to one of my safe deposit boxes with a million and half in it. Have you ever seen lady justice? You know, the blindfolded woman holding scales representing the fair and balanced legal system. Well, anyone can tip those scales in their favor if they have a good lawyer and enough stacks of cash to put on that scale. If my guy ever decides to retire, I might have to as well. Until that time, I pay for, and profit from having the privilege of picking and choosing which laws I want to obey.
