Wrongfully Silenced. Unstoppable Hope.

Robert Ruark fired his trial attorney, Chris Cicero, months before the trial. Cicero manipulated the court and was permitted to keep representing him. As a result, the jury never heard from numerous defense eyewitnesses, nor did the jury hear any defense. Cicero was later found to be a "danger to the public" for similar manipulative behavior. He has since been disbarred for falsifying information to courts for personal gain. With today's Stand Your Ground laws, Robert Ruark almost certainly would have been found to have acted in defense of his younger brother, who was being violently assaulted at gunpoint. It's even possible that he may never have been charged.