A Strong Antagonist

Lester Drake is the district Attorney for Tift County. He is not an evil man, but he is close minded. He first doesn’t want to believe Tim was abused and when his own psychologist tells him that Tim is a very disturbed abuse victim, Drake decides to ignore the findings and continue as planned with convicting Tim of first degree murder instead of a reduced sentence such as manslaughter Drake is a conservative politician who doesn’t want to appear “soft on crime” and so he is in some ways a victim of his own ideology. He doesn’t like to loose. He is very arrogant Lester Drake – District AttorneyLester Drake – District AttorneyLester Drake – District Attorne. Drake is a conservative politician Dand cannot accept the different oppions of others. He is also corrupt enough to hide evidence from Joe that could help acquit his client. A diary kept by the defendant is taken into evidence, but Joe isn’t able to tell there are missing pages. With the help of forensic analysis Joe is able to reproduce the missing pages. Drake is brought down by his own arrogance.