worried!!! please help!!

mother of inmate wrote:

As of today he has no lawyer only a public defender. I am willing to pay for any services offered. Only the ones who will go the mile and believe in his innocent can respond please!

justic wrote:

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Its hardcore because thats what the citizens want in order to hopefully provide a safer environment.

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Jay Jay wrote:

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Yeah, and it ain't really a'working there, is it? It's kind of like the abstainance-only education we have around here, too.

Justic wrote:

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Sure it works. Smith County juries can't guarantee that a person will never commit another crime, but they can preclude that individuals opportunity to do so by giving the criminals actual pen sentences that keep them out of our neighborhoods.

mother of inmate wrote:

thanks legal eagal for your legal input on my sons situation. It has shed some light on this matter and hopefully it will turn out the latter.

mother of inmate wrote:

my son is still in smith county jail and is awaiting a jury trial because they are trying to give him 10 to 15 years for his 1st offense now and think that is a harsh sentence for someone who has never been in trouble before. He has been in there 6 months and i feel that he has learned his lesson and would never do this again but evidently smith county is trying to throw the book at him without giving him a second chance to learn from this experience. Smith county feels that all black young men are harden criminals and should go from the streets straight to prison without some type of reform. Not all young black men are thugs and losers. He made a mistake by trying to help someone in his family and didnt realize what he was getting into. Just pray for us ! some do learn their lesson and my son is one of them

mother of inmate wrote:

my son is still in smith county jail and is awaiting a jury trial because they are trying to give him 10 to 15 years for his 1st offense now and think that is a harsh sentence for someone who has never been in trouble before. He has been in there 6 months and i feel that he has learned his lesson and would never do this again but evidently smith county is trying to throw the book at him without giving him a second chance to learn from this experience. Smith county feels that all black young men are harden criminals and should go from the streets straight to prison without some type of reform. Not all young black men are thugs and losers. He made a mistake by trying to help someone in his family and didnt realize what he was getting into. Just pray for us ! some do learn their lesson and my son is one of them

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mother of inmate wrote:

my son really is deep trouble.... his arraignment didnt go so well. the prosecutor and judge is trying to make an example out of him by trying to sentence him to 6yrs in the penn. he really needs someone to fight for him because he knows nothing about what is going on. His public defender is not trying to help him at all. He is just trying to finish my son's case so he can move on to the next one. Please, if anyone knows someone who would be willing to help my son please reply to my plea for help(lawyers that is) my son really doesnt deserve this harsh first time offense charge. His next court date is nov.9 and this one is a jury trial. As of today he has no lawyer only a public defender. I am willing to pay for any services offered. Only the ones who will go the mile and believe in his innocent can respond please!

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Momma knows wrote:

<quoted text>My son was on probation for a juvenile theft charge. He got a DWI in smith county and was a "Example", was sentenced to 5 years.

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Momma knows wrote:

<quoted text>My son was on probation for a juvenile theft charge. He got a DWI in smith county and was a "Example", was sentenced to 5 years. He was 18 when he went to the penn. He did 17 years on that 5 year sentence. He could not or would not stay out of trouble. If these kids are not hardcore criminals when they go in, they will be when they come out. We have had to disown our Son because of his lifestyle that he learned while locked up. He is now a leader of a gang who carry out hate crimes. It is only a matter of time before he goes back. From what I am told, when you get in there, you either chose a gang or die. They are all race related. Our Son was not raised to be a racist and we will not tolerate it. So we had to send him packin. I pray that the putcome is different with your child. But until the prison system can get control of these gangs (they are afraid of them) then nothing will change. The guards are very accomidating to the inmates out of fear. Fear for their own safety. They bring in guns, drugs, cash, or anything else the inmate wants. And if the "authority" is afraid of them, then the new kids dont stand a chance of rehabilitation.

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If your son got 5 years n a DWI than either it was a feloy DWI, meaning it was at least his third DWI, or when he decided to drive drunk he caused an accident and hurt or killed someone. That is the only way under Texas law he could get prison time for a DWI. Something seems fishy about your story.

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<quoted text> It was a felony DWI. He thought he could run from them and get away with it. I never claimed he was a victim, I am sorry if it came off sounding that way. I do not condone anyone who drinks and drives. I am the one who called the police when he would not give us his keys. I agree that he did break the law and was truly deserving of being punished. My point was, that when they decide to "example" a criminal, they stand no chance of any rehabilitation. Weather it is my son or anyone elses. Once they hit the prison system it is over. We had to make the nearly impossible decision to never have any contact with our child again. The point was that I dont wish that on anyone...