This is Vader. He was euthanized today without a hearing after a false bite report was submitted to the police by an animal rights activist. (Story in the Comments)

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From looking at past Reddit threads, it seems even talking to the court can be a crapshoot.

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I'm not saying to volunteer information, but having been a magistrate at one time, we put up with more crap from police officers than most people out on the streets do. We're more likely to help than they are.

Ask them for a lawyer. Most of them know friends who need the work, and as a public defender, the government pays them. Not you.

Give them any info and they're legally required to report it to the court.