We live in a very small community in Northern California. My husband was arrested for making the statement "What do I Have to Do? Kill somebody to get their attention?" He was refering to his ex-employer, who refused to file a worker's compensation claim after he was injured on the job 10 months ago. He was speaking to his W.C attorney, who reported the statement to the employers' lawyers. Now he's facing 15 years in prison, we can't afford a defense attorney, and the two public defenders have Friday night 'get-togethers' with the D.A. Where can I turn for help?
Answer by ?
i think you should take the issue to a higher level of athourity because thats freedom of speech and neglagence on the ex employers ask the news station to run a segment on it and bring it to peoples attencion
Answer by Steve C
try california ombudsmen
also, many attnys will defend without up front fee and will not charge unless you win.
try the ombudsmen first though....
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0500-about-us/0500-organization/0800-ombudsman-office/
http://lawyers.nolo.com/attorney.cfm?attorneyID=1392
http://www.dol.gov/eeombd/2007annualreport/appendix.htm
Answer by Oscar C
Go to your local media practitioner, and if he/she is worth it, then maybe she could ventilate your problems to the public at large. With the media attention, maybe you could get a fair shake. However, if things become so bad, the only option would be to get out of that county for good.
Good luck to you.
Answer by Osiris H
I agree the more attention this gets the more interested people will become and you will get the backing from someone
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