I agree if the SA Embassy (in case he is SA passportholder only) Pick up the legal bill in case he is proven innocent.
Second in the states you are innocent unless proven otherwise if you have the money or the friends or a lawyer who finds your case interesting. The way people get pressurized in to deals has nothing to do with fair dealings and if you want you can PM me and I will give you a lot of cases where people go for the plee because they don't have the money or support for a fair trail and you have lived there so you have seen all the series like the shield so you can images that innocent unless proven differently is not working a lot of times. BTW the average cop is unfortunately not Horagio of CSI Miami who always finds the evidence of a not guilty guy in the last 3 minutes.
You having kids should also let you see the other side what if you know your son is accused of something and the SAPS is convinced he did it and you are not how would you feel? (Your son 19 now is in a holding sell in Durban

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