I gave Avvo Answers—Avvo’s forum for lawyers to answer questions for free—a test drive a couple weeks ago with a test question about bailing someone out, and the result was a bit confusing, but I eventually got the answer I was looking for. You can read about it all in three short posts starting here: Adventures In Avvo – Take 1.
I just got email saying my question had been answered again, but when I took a look, it wasn’t really an answer. Someone had just posted this:
hooty40
Posted about 3 hours ago.
hello my frined is in jail now and he nneds to get out now you can call me @ 251 714 xxxx
I’ve obfuscated the phone number, but the actual post has this person’s full number, ’cause, you know, how else would you get in touch with him to help?
It probably doesn’t help matters that my question gives the location as Chicago, Illinois, but the 251 area code is for southwestern Alabama. I feel bad for the poor bastard who’s depending on his pal Hooty to get him out of jail.
I decided to help out a bit. Avvo doesn’t cover Alabama, so I used FindLaw and guessed that Hooty was in Mobile (simply because it looks like the biggest city), found the first lawyer who offered free consultations and an online contact form, and copied Hooty’s pitiful cry for help into the form.
Who knows? Maybe Hooty can’t write English but he’s got enough money to afford a lawyer. It could happen.
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