What are some of Wilbuns chief regrets about the recent past?
“When I was indicted, I was on TV for 10 straight days. They didn’t even use a good picture of me, and there were many, from the time I was a city councilman and a county commissioner. They used my mugshot. I thought in America that you were innocent until proven guilty. I grew up in a household with a dad who was a judge who taught me to put your trust in the system.” Does he now feel exonerated? “The charges were dropped. My position is very simple. This case should never have happened. I did not commit a crime. None of my actions rose to the level of a crime. I said all along that I didn’t do anything that was criminal, and I’m happy after three and a half years that John Overton agreed.” Why does he think he was charged? “Anger and political revenge. It’s clear that when you challenge the system, as I did at Juvenile Court, stepping on the toes of the establishment, you invite the politics of personal destruction. Leveling legal charges is a way that is done. I wasn’t the first per
“When I was indicted, I was on TV for 10 straight days. They didn’t even use a good picture of me, and there were many, from the time I was a city councilman and a county commissioner. They used my mugshot. I thought in America that you were innocent until proven guilty. I grew up in a household with a dad who was a judge who taught me to put your trust in the system.” Does he now feel exonerated? “The charges were dropped. My position is very simple. This case should never have happened. I did not commit a crime. None of my actions rose to the level of a crime. I said all along that I didn’t do anything that was criminal, and I’m happy after three and a half years that John Overton agreed.” Why does he think he was charged? “Anger and political revenge. It’s clear that when you challenge the system, as I did at Juvenile Court, stepping on the toes of the establishment, you invite the politics of personal destruction. Leveling legal charges is a way that is done. I wasn’t the first per
