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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 161002" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My sons first run in with the law was as a look out while 2 other boys (already on probation) broke into 2 houses in broad daylight and a 3rd one at night. In Sc - the hand of one is the hand of all. </p><p> </p><p>My son was the ONLY one who cooperated with the cops. He never went in the houses. No one cared. </p><p> </p><p>He is now a convicted felon, pays 40 a month to probation officer, pays 70 a month to restitution for the victims, pays 45 a month for court costs because there is NO such thing as a free public defender in the US after Feb 2008. It will cost him $500.00 an attorney for the same thing started at $25,000. </p><p> </p><p>In the end he got 95 days in jail, the above fines, and 3 years of probation. If he even sniffed into the wind of trouble and violated his probation - it's 6 years in adult prison, not county jail - PRISON. And since he was 16 at the time - they tried him as an adult. </p><p> </p><p>He's currently facing 'trumped up" charges for attempted burglary of a building that the cop said he SAW difficult child trying to break into. Okay - if you SAW HIM - and there was 1 way in and 1 way out - why didn't you arrest him? WHY didn't they check his buddy's back pack? Nope - they got the other illiterate child to sign a statement prepared BY the police that points the fingers at difficult child and now he's looking at 15 years. IN ADULT prison. </p><p> </p><p>If this is your son's second run in - I think he had better start taking this seriously. Judges are tired of dealing with kids in gangs and ours who have problems get lumped into the same category and all looked at like thugs. </p><p> </p><p>I hope your day in court went well - We still have ours to face and I'm praying it just gets thrown out but at this point the prosecutor wants 15 years. Nothing less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 161002, member: 4964"] My sons first run in with the law was as a look out while 2 other boys (already on probation) broke into 2 houses in broad daylight and a 3rd one at night. In Sc - the hand of one is the hand of all. My son was the ONLY one who cooperated with the cops. He never went in the houses. No one cared. He is now a convicted felon, pays 40 a month to probation officer, pays 70 a month to restitution for the victims, pays 45 a month for court costs because there is NO such thing as a free public defender in the US after Feb 2008. It will cost him $500.00 an attorney for the same thing started at $25,000. In the end he got 95 days in jail, the above fines, and 3 years of probation. If he even sniffed into the wind of trouble and violated his probation - it's 6 years in adult prison, not county jail - PRISON. And since he was 16 at the time - they tried him as an adult. He's currently facing 'trumped up" charges for attempted burglary of a building that the cop said he SAW difficult child trying to break into. Okay - if you SAW HIM - and there was 1 way in and 1 way out - why didn't you arrest him? WHY didn't they check his buddy's back pack? Nope - they got the other illiterate child to sign a statement prepared BY the police that points the fingers at difficult child and now he's looking at 15 years. IN ADULT prison. If this is your son's second run in - I think he had better start taking this seriously. Judges are tired of dealing with kids in gangs and ours who have problems get lumped into the same category and all looked at like thugs. I hope your day in court went well - We still have ours to face and I'm praying it just gets thrown out but at this point the prosecutor wants 15 years. Nothing less. [/QUOTE]
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