The hearing has been postponed until Feb. 23, but some good news: a witness has come forward and said that my friend's son fought in self-defense; the other guy initiated the fight.
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross