My sister might be facing 8 years in prison for being the driver

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My sister might be facing 8 years in prison for being the driver of a drug filled car she said she didn't know had drugs. Here's what happened
>sister said she got asked by her friend she knew for like a month to go to Mississippi from cali.
>she would get paid for the gas money and then some for helping her out
>she agrees to it
>she gets to new mexico
>cops find the drugs that her friend was hiding
>sister says that her friend said that she was the shot caller in all of this
>goes to jail for about 2 days
>comes back to cali
>has to go to court in new mexico for the drug possession
>sister says that the lawyer in new mexico wont do the case since she doesnt live in new mexico
>lawyer asks for 10k(2.5k down payment) for him to close the case and have her guarantee her freedom, if not then she will go to jail for not having a lawyer to defend her when the court event happens.
I honestly find this whole situation messy

>family knew of her plan of going that fucking far and tell her not to go
>she does so anyways
>she feels as if she WILL go to jail after the family and I tell her she will be innocent
>lawyer giving pressure to "guarantee her freedom"
This is honestly the first time I dealt with this kind of situation. Right now my parents are asking me to pitch in but hearing all of this makes me feel like I shouldn't because I really do feel like she has nothing to worry about, but then again I don't know how the whole lawyer and court shit works and my mother pressuring me is not helping. So what should I do?