Rita Williams

Yeah. So what got me into all of this, it was, I guess we'll start from when I was a teenager is the easiest place if I've always had a love for what makes people tick. And as a result, I thought I was going to grow up and be a true crime writer. I wanted to be like Anne Rule. She's actually still one of my heroes.

Yeah. So what got me into all of this, it was, I guess we'll start from when I was a teenager is the easiest place if I've always had a love for what makes people tick. And as a result, I thought I was going to grow up and be a true crime writer. I wanted to be like Anne Rule. She's actually still one of my heroes.

Yeah. So what got me into all of this, it was, I guess we'll start from when I was a teenager is the easiest place if I've always had a love for what makes people tick. And as a result, I thought I was going to grow up and be a true crime writer. I wanted to be like Anne Rule. She's actually still one of my heroes.

And as I grew up and got older, I realized writing does not pay the bills and was talked into more practical workflow and careers. I ended up becoming a public servant for the federal government, finished a bachelor's degree. And it was during the pandemic that I realized there's more to me than all of this. There's more to me than this problem solver at work.

And as I grew up and got older, I realized writing does not pay the bills and was talked into more practical workflow and careers. I ended up becoming a public servant for the federal government, finished a bachelor's degree. And it was during the pandemic that I realized there's more to me than all of this. There's more to me than this problem solver at work.

And as I grew up and got older, I realized writing does not pay the bills and was talked into more practical workflow and careers. I ended up becoming a public servant for the federal government, finished a bachelor's degree. And it was during the pandemic that I realized there's more to me than all of this. There's more to me than this problem solver at work.

I want to go make a difference in the world. And at that point in time, I went and pursued a master's in criminal justice, hoping that I could eventually transfer to Department of Justice. The plans that life had for me were so much weirder because my spouse ended up getting accused of a white collar crime just two months after I graduated from my program.

I want to go make a difference in the world. And at that point in time, I went and pursued a master's in criminal justice, hoping that I could eventually transfer to Department of Justice. The plans that life had for me were so much weirder because my spouse ended up getting accused of a white collar crime just two months after I graduated from my program.

I want to go make a difference in the world. And at that point in time, I went and pursued a master's in criminal justice, hoping that I could eventually transfer to Department of Justice. The plans that life had for me were so much weirder because my spouse ended up getting accused of a white collar crime just two months after I graduated from my program.

Being educated, having a master's degree level education, believed I have an idea of how the system works. These are the things that should happen. Then having a crash course with it, supporting somebody who is now a defendant, I realized, no, this is not at all the case. Things are very different than how I perceived them to be.

Being educated, having a master's degree level education, believed I have an idea of how the system works. These are the things that should happen. Then having a crash course with it, supporting somebody who is now a defendant, I realized, no, this is not at all the case. Things are very different than how I perceived them to be.

Being educated, having a master's degree level education, believed I have an idea of how the system works. These are the things that should happen. Then having a crash course with it, supporting somebody who is now a defendant, I realized, no, this is not at all the case. Things are very different than how I perceived them to be.

Walking into it, I tried to give everyone the benefit of a doubt, believing, hey, these are professionals. They know what they're doing. I can trust the powers that be. My spouse was talked into a plea deal in October of 2023. Or I'm sorry, 2022. We get to January 2023. He goes to sentencing believing we're going to be okay out of all of this. He had just started a woodworking business.

Walking into it, I tried to give everyone the benefit of a doubt, believing, hey, these are professionals. They know what they're doing. I can trust the powers that be. My spouse was talked into a plea deal in October of 2023. Or I'm sorry, 2022. We get to January 2023. He goes to sentencing believing we're going to be okay out of all of this. He had just started a woodworking business.

Walking into it, I tried to give everyone the benefit of a doubt, believing, hey, these are professionals. They know what they're doing. I can trust the powers that be. My spouse was talked into a plea deal in October of 2023. Or I'm sorry, 2022. We get to January 2023. He goes to sentencing believing we're going to be okay out of all of this. He had just started a woodworking business.

We get there and he is out of nowhere sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison by the judge.

We get there and he is out of nowhere sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison by the judge.

We get there and he is out of nowhere sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison by the judge.

Incredibly traumatic, but part of me, just in my gut, I was like, something is, other than what just happened to me, something is very wrong here. It sparked a need to find out what went so wrong. I ended up finding out that this particular county where all of this happened has a really long history of railroading people, mistreating people with disabilities, especially autism.

Incredibly traumatic, but part of me, just in my gut, I was like, something is, other than what just happened to me, something is very wrong here. It sparked a need to find out what went so wrong. I ended up finding out that this particular county where all of this happened has a really long history of railroading people, mistreating people with disabilities, especially autism.