A member of my family tangled with some local corrupt politicians in the system too. He was drug through the mud (trumped up charges) and hell for three solid years because he got in a crooked judge's way. Unfortunately, the crooked judge had some pull with other crooked ones in the system. That family member died young, I fear from at least partly a broken spirit, thanks to those corrupt politicians. They left us the scars and they still hurt. I'm glad you managed to get the better of yours! :)