"I do plenty of volunteer

work of my own volition, but I don't know how much it will help my case. One of the groups I volunteer with serves

food to the homeless, with the message that "the amount of money spent on weapons by the U.S. government in a day

could feed everyone going hungry in the world for a year." It's a very anti-war group and probably not something

the judge would look favorably upon because being against war is considered unpatriotic these days."

Your

attorney likely knows the judge's political leanings and if the judge is a liberal (may well be) this might help to

save your ass a bit.