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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 393566" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I've always been fairly bright and quite savvy. When our gs got involved with "the system" I became sadly aware that justice is capricious and usually determined by the dollar investment in private attorneys. Over the years the CD family has read chapter and verse of inequities in our community. Sometimes I think that if I ever came into big money that I would be a full time advocate for youthful offenders. Truthfully there are many teens who are labeled felons for life after one arrest that does not include violence, the threat of violence, dealing drugs etc. Every employment application requires you to identify yourself as a felon. Innocent people (like I used to be) automatically think violence or long record or sex offender. It's bad.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the Miranda rights <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /> I heard on television two nights ago (I hope I heard wrong!!) that IF a detainee answers</p><p><strong>any </strong>questions that it is assumed they have shown they do not want to exercise Miranda. <strong>IF </strong>I heard right (and I do think I did) how are we to tell our teens and young adults that they can not say anything to the law enforcement officers. Just like</p><p>on television the law enforcement people here are pleasant and chit-chatty with the kids. "Hey, what's up?" "How you doing tonight?" etc. etc. Do we now have to tell our kids to respond to the first upbeat question with "I want am attorney."</p><p>Mindboggling. </p><p> </p><p>The vulnerability of youth can lead to prison terms and long probations for minimal wrongdoing. It's very sad. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 393566, member: 35"] I've always been fairly bright and quite savvy. When our gs got involved with "the system" I became sadly aware that justice is capricious and usually determined by the dollar investment in private attorneys. Over the years the CD family has read chapter and verse of inequities in our community. Sometimes I think that if I ever came into big money that I would be a full time advocate for youthful offenders. Truthfully there are many teens who are labeled felons for life after one arrest that does not include violence, the threat of violence, dealing drugs etc. Every employment application requires you to identify yourself as a felon. Innocent people (like I used to be) automatically think violence or long record or sex offender. It's bad. Regarding the Miranda rights :sigh: I heard on television two nights ago (I hope I heard wrong!!) that IF a detainee answers [B]any [/B]questions that it is assumed they have shown they do not want to exercise Miranda. [B]IF [/B]I heard right (and I do think I did) how are we to tell our teens and young adults that they can not say anything to the law enforcement officers. Just like on television the law enforcement people here are pleasant and chit-chatty with the kids. "Hey, what's up?" "How you doing tonight?" etc. etc. Do we now have to tell our kids to respond to the first upbeat question with "I want am attorney." Mindboggling. The vulnerability of youth can lead to prison terms and long probations for minimal wrongdoing. It's very sad. DDD [/QUOTE]
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