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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 02/24/04
cynthia from AZ said:
i think that most of the problems that kids have these days is based on the drugs and addictions that kids get into.
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On 02/24/04
Nei Nei from VA said:
I am so gald that you took up for yourself cause you was up against threee girls even though that's not a lot. at the same time why are you at an after hour club at the age of 15 who in the world gave you a pistol and told you it was okay. You should not had that gun. Where were your parents when you were out clubbing
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On 02/24/04
lorraine from NH said:
my kids father is in jail at the moment for threatening someone with a gun-a misunderstanding and guess what he should be. anyone that pulls a gun on anyone should be in jail.
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On 01/25/04
THE CHINESE from Othr said:
First of all, the American (I used to live here) judicial system is extremely unfair and unjust, and has roughly a thousand too many flaws. See here in China, high school kids do not point guns at each other, if they have issues to resolve, they solve it person to person in a rational manner. Everyone here has a sense of unity and commonwealth, something that will probably never be felt among you Americans. I'd have to say you pretty much deserved putting in jail, but if it happened here, you would probably get a good slap on the face.
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On 01/24/04
ELISSA from AZ said:
I totaly feel for you, however, you should not have been out at an after hours club, and should not have had a gun empty or not. By no means am I saying that you deserve 22 1/2 yrs in prison. I will share your story with other youth...so they don't follow in your path.
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