By the time the truth comes out, the damage is already done. Legal fees pile up. Time disappears. Debt replaces stability. Keonne Rodriguez reflects on a system where defending yourself can cost millions—long before guilt or innocence is ever decided. In cases like these, the verdict almost doesn’t matter. The punishment is built into the process itself. Justice is supposed to assume an equal fight—but when one side has unlimited power and the other has everything to lose, this isn’t justice. It’s enforcement by exhaustion.