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Hi, my name is Cindy and I’m 15 years old. It’s my first day in jail, adult jail, and boy am I scared! I was at juvenile jail once and this isn’t anything like that place! I still can’t believe how fast all of this happened. One night I’m out dancing at an after hours club and wham, now I’m in prison for up to 22 1/2 years! I suppose you’d like to know how this happened. Well, I was leaving the after hours club when these three girls from the north side were messing with me. My friends had already left so I was alone. I pulled out my pistol which, by the way, wasn’t even loaded, and pointed it at them and told them to leave me alone. I didn’t mean anything by it. I wasn’t going to shoot them. I just wanted them to leave me alone. But I got arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. (How deadly is a gun with no bullets I asked, but that didn’t mater) Anyway, I guess last July a new law makes it so that kids that get charged with certain crimes have to go to adult jail instead of juvenile jail. Well, I’m one of them, on my way to adult prison at age 15. I won’t get out of jail until I’m almost 40 years old!"
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On 05/11/04
Janella from VA said:
To all of the people who think it was just what she deserved...You are wrong. She's a 15 year old. Going to jail for 22 years. That makes no sense. 22 1/2 years!!! Thats stupid. What is todays justice going to. Look through your eyes and see the truth. What happened makes no sense.n
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On 05/11/04
jo from NH said:
Hi just wana say,we all make mistakes.But sometimes we are meant to make them to teach us about life.Society says we should do this or that to be normal.It's up to the individual and what choiches they have.we arn't all perfect and matce the goverment should be helpin the young people more,with programs.Insted of locking them up.Goodluck and remember god dosn't JUDGE.But society does.
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On 05/07/04
morgan from AZ said:
You should know that no matter if it's loaded or not,ALL guns are dangerous.
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On 05/05/04
Valerie_77 from AZ said:
I think what you did was wrong, you shouldn't have pointed a gun at there face in the first place. But I think that you shouldn't have to go to Adult Prison for not even shooting them. I think Juvenile would be best and maybe at least 2 years but not 20. I think you should be able to live your life because it's only once and it's waisted now.
I am very sorry for what happened and I think that the sentence they gave you was very unnecessary.
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On 04/27/04
Frank from PA said:
First off, what is a little girl doing out clubbing. She should have been home studying not running around being a little hoochie. Secondly, you need to understand the meaning of assault. Assault simply means that you put a person into a position to make them fear for their safety. Battery actually means physically injuring someone with the intent to harm them. Seeing as how a gun IS a deadly weapon, even if unloaded, and you DID threaten them with it, it seems that you did put them in a position to make them fear for their safety. Thus you are guilty of assault with a deadly weapon.
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