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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Brittany and Jordan

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Brittany: I got arrested for child endangerment.
Jordan: The defense lawyer appointed to me and the prosecution discussed the charge after the initial guilty plea and the defense offered mitigating circumstances to the prosecutor and the prosecutor agreed to one of the mitigating circumstance but not the other and the two of them came to an eventual agreement

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Brittany: Police questioned me, my husband and my daughter. I couldn't answer any of the questions at the time because I couldn't remember anything from the night before. I got arrested for felony child abuse. They took me to the police station, did some paperwork, took pictures and fingerprints and took me to jail.
Jordan: Yes they did and they went over what I was being arrested for, the charges, the evidence, and the witnesses. They asked me several questions and then took me in for further questioning before the charges were officially filed against me . The arrest came a few hours after initial questioning

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Brittany: I went to court right after I got went to jail, and the court told me that if I plead guilty I could get out that day... it was my birthday so I plead guilty and they released right away. They told me to come back in August and commit myself to the jail. They gave me 60 days but with good time I served 30 days. They court capped me August 31st, so I ended up serving a few days less than 30. The judge looks at what is going on with the inmates and if the jail is full, and you can get your time capped if the judge decides to let you out even earlier than good time.
Jordan: It was crowded, full of people waiting for their cases and most of them were alone but some had families with them. The court attire was formal, it was organized and most of the cases seemed to be plea deals. Most of the people in court were or appeared Mexican

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Brittany: Charged for felony child abuse. When I went to court, I plead to a misdemeanor child endangerment. d
Jordan: embezzlement, and it was charged as embezzelement

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