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It's always nice when the cops call your house
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 379744" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Ditto Janet's first paragraph. However, I have noticed that what the police do or don't do doesn't have a lot to do with the sentence- at least for juveniles around here. It has a LOT to do with whomever the attnys listen to the most before finalizing their agreement just before court.</p><p></p><p>My gut feeling tells me that in mstang's difficult child's situation, the police figured here is a responsible family because they just hauled their son in with the stuff they know he stole. So we don't need to hold him in jail until a court hearing- he's low risk. Being that they took that approach, that means they decided not to arrest him right away so couldn't really hold "evidence" but didn't see much need to- they banked on husband holding it and this also gives them more time to put an arrrest warrant in. Generally speaking, the "quick" court hearings and paper trails only occur when a person is being held in jail. I don't know what it's like in mstang's state, but around here there have been many, many cuts in services for people and that means more people in legal trouble while staff is still being cut, leaving jails overcrowded and courts backed up. If the person is considered low risk, they won't expedite it.</p><p></p><p>I honestly wish I hadn't learned all this. LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 379744, member: 3699"] Ditto Janet's first paragraph. However, I have noticed that what the police do or don't do doesn't have a lot to do with the sentence- at least for juveniles around here. It has a LOT to do with whomever the attnys listen to the most before finalizing their agreement just before court. My gut feeling tells me that in mstang's difficult child's situation, the police figured here is a responsible family because they just hauled their son in with the stuff they know he stole. So we don't need to hold him in jail until a court hearing- he's low risk. Being that they took that approach, that means they decided not to arrest him right away so couldn't really hold "evidence" but didn't see much need to- they banked on husband holding it and this also gives them more time to put an arrrest warrant in. Generally speaking, the "quick" court hearings and paper trails only occur when a person is being held in jail. I don't know what it's like in mstang's state, but around here there have been many, many cuts in services for people and that means more people in legal trouble while staff is still being cut, leaving jails overcrowded and courts backed up. If the person is considered low risk, they won't expedite it. I honestly wish I hadn't learned all this. LOL! [/QUOTE]
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