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Teens in "the system"....not mine but a stranger..
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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 26381" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>I am so serious. My uncle shot and killed my aunt and did 7 years. A boy I knew (who is now a man) back in the 70s had s-e-x with a girl, he was 17, she was 16, her parents pressed charges, he got time, he served 5 years. These days I sit in the courthouse way too many days a month, sometimes as a vicitim of vandalism, sometimes with my difficult child who was a defendant, sometimes becuz difficult child was a wtiness.....sometimes for my easy child who was a victim. I watch case after case after case go before the judge. (sadly all our cases stretch out here for 2-3 years before they come to trial- with monthly court dates for "status") </p><p>I read in my local paper about more about some of the cases I see go thru our court system. </p><p>It is incredibly RARE for anyone here to get sent to jail or prison. I have seen men with mutiple previous convictions for ....pedophilia issues- who do NOT get jail or prison time. I see people with numerous drug charges time and time again, repeatedly found guilty with little more than a slap on the writs. The fines seldom even go over $500. </p><p></p><p>This makes me wonder if the grandmother who wrote this maybe left or or did not know certain critical details?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 26381, member: 1697"] I am so serious. My uncle shot and killed my aunt and did 7 years. A boy I knew (who is now a man) back in the 70s had s-e-x with a girl, he was 17, she was 16, her parents pressed charges, he got time, he served 5 years. These days I sit in the courthouse way too many days a month, sometimes as a vicitim of vandalism, sometimes with my difficult child who was a defendant, sometimes becuz difficult child was a wtiness.....sometimes for my easy child who was a victim. I watch case after case after case go before the judge. (sadly all our cases stretch out here for 2-3 years before they come to trial- with monthly court dates for "status") I read in my local paper about more about some of the cases I see go thru our court system. It is incredibly RARE for anyone here to get sent to jail or prison. I have seen men with mutiple previous convictions for ....pedophilia issues- who do NOT get jail or prison time. I see people with numerous drug charges time and time again, repeatedly found guilty with little more than a slap on the writs. The fines seldom even go over $500. This makes me wonder if the grandmother who wrote this maybe left or or did not know certain critical details? [/QUOTE]
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