A book and course

The Road

a calm guide to the federal process, for the people inside it and the families beside them

by Sonny Saggar, a physician who went through it

Fifteen chapters. The whole road, from the first shock to the life that comes after, one step at a time. For the person going through it and for the family standing beside them.

The whole road, chapter by chapter

The Road walks the federal process from the first shock to the life that comes after, one step at a time.

  1. The Map Nobody Hands You
  2. The First Week After You Find Out
  3. What Your Lawyer Does and Does Not Do
  4. How to Talk to Your Lawyer So You Actually Get Answers
  5. The PSR: The Document That Follows You Everywhere
  6. How Sentencing Really Works
  7. What the Court Does Not Take From You
  8. The Stack: What Comes After the Court Is Done
  9. The Licensing Board
  10. The Federal Exclusion and the Lists That Outlast You
  11. Telling Your Family. Telling Your Children.
  12. When the Marriage Is Under Strain
  13. Staying Steady While You Wait
  14. The First Ninety Days After Release
  15. What a Life Looks Like After

About the author

Sonny Saggar spent twenty-five years in emergency medicine and went through the federal system himself. He studied it, wrote about it, and built The Road so the next person does not have to walk it blind.

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