no, i didn't see the poll. i have been away from the computer for a couple days.
I have a kid that has been jerked around by the court system so badly that i dipped deep into savings and hired a lawyer for her. We showed up for court on the day indicated, and got it in writing from the clerk that the charges had been dismissed and she was free to go. Their next move was a warrant for failure to appear, said the dismissal was a clerical error. Got that warrant dismissed. Then during the initial hearing, the arresting officer didn't show up... then he stated he was embarrassed at the number of charges they added after the fact to strengthen their "bargaining" position on a plea agreement, and apparently was doing a nullification move.
I am basically pissed enough to bend metal. Draining my retirement savings to defend my kid from being railroaded is important to me, but dammit, she has been willing all along to plead guilty to the original charge. I feel like i am some sort of illegal alien or something in an american court.
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