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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Karl, Lisa, Zach, Kelly, Jeff, Maurice, Jose and Ken

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Karl: it was very long and dragged out. ended up goin to court numerous times waiting on final sentencing. my public offender was very helpful i thought. but over all it was long and dragged out.
Lisa: Pre-sentencing was uneventful.....fair and impartial
Zach: I went to video arrangement they don't give you the choice to plead guilty or not guilty. it is to let you know what your being charged with and to let you know how much your bond is if the charge is not very bad you can get out at pre sentencing.
Kelly: I really did not know that there was a presentencing process that I went through. they did not explain much of anything to you. You were in the jail went through processing and then to court the following day I was sentenced. they had something called pretrial but none of this was explained to you.
Jeff: Before I got sentenced I was first of all arrested and charged. After that I was taken to the jail and placed in the waiting area while waiting to be processed which took around four hours. After that I was dressed in their uniform and placed in my cell. I was taken multiple times before I was finally sentenced.
Maurice: I was good and fair.
Jose: After intake they take you to assessment for about three days which its usually overcrowded then you meet with classification officer who asks if you what to join a program or if you require protective custody, but usually they dont do anything.and later at 3am you are shipped to a GP unit.
Kelly: I was arrested and the next morning I went for video arraignment and asked for a bond reduction and was denied and I was appointed a public defender whom I didn't see for awhile. She worked with the prosecution to get me the best deal she could but I believe if I had a paid attorney I would have a gotten a better deal.
Ken: Fayette County Jail is a lot cleaner than other facilities I have been it. I am a IBP (Institutional Behavior Problem) inmate. There for I do not get the same treatment as other inmates that are not classified this. A majority of my time is spent in a cell by myself. I do not agree that once when you are classified this that you should have it pop up on your record for ten years. Over all jail is jail, nothing nice about it but now that Ive grown up and can look at it from all view points I believe that FCDC does properly control the inmate population. Food always is bad but its what you deserve when you go to jail.

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Karl: no
Lisa: no
Zach: I was running from police for about three mounths. and during that time they stoped by my house atlest five times. It was robbery homicide detetves. then one day I was at a friends house and police kicked his door down on a unrelated case for him and they got me that way.
Kelly: no the police just came to my house and arrested me there was no questioning. I was at home and the police knocked on the door and asked me who I was and they took me outside of the house for about an hour until theyh confirmed who I was and then took me to the jail.
Jeff: No I did not. I was arrested after committing the crime I was accused of before I had a chance to make back to my residence. After I committed the crime the accuser called the police on me and gave them a description of me and my car as well as my co-defendant and shortly after that the police tracked down my car and found me as well.
Maurice: Yes they came by my house and got me.
Jose: no they didnt visit me, do to the fact i was arrested at my probation officer report that day. Upon arriving they asking simple questions like do i know why i was arrested and i said no except that its a probation violation of the court.so i was told to wait til i saw the judge.
Kelly: No one came by my house. I was pulled over and the officer questioned me and gave me all the sobriety test. It was in the winter and snowing, so I was freezing which made it extra hard to do test. He searched my car and then cuffed me as I begged him not to take me to jail.
Ken: I had United States Marshals arrest me for my parole violation. I feel that they handled it just as they should have. I have a violent past there for I do not think that they was over the top coming for me with guns drawn, glad im smart enough to understand when im caught and it didnt turn into anything more serious.

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Karl: there were numerous ones. they were usually short.
Lisa: court was methodical and fair
Zach: well it was scary I was young and in big trouble and at the time I didn't know anything about the crimenl system I remember my lawer telling me that I could face up to five years in prison but I didn't the judge was very leanent on me so he just gave me 12 mounths.
Kelly: My court was done on video from the jail. We all had to watch a brief video before we had court which some what explained the court proceeding. We then waited in a line for our name to be called and talked to the judge over video It was very short
Jeff: court was very frustrating. I was not informed of how the process worked so I never really knew what to expect. I went over and over before I finally got sentenced because of various reasons. One reason being that the prosecutor was not willing to give me less than the maximum sentence and it was my first felony so I was not willing to accept that. I also just felt like I didn't really have much of a say in what was happening to me and I was just another case to everyone. I definitely felt guilty before I was proven to be.
Maurice: Our courts are pretty fare here deppending on what judge. Or prosecutor or what you may be in there for the bader the charge the worse the court day is going to be other then that i have know idea on how it is in the courts i hear a lot of bad thing about it
Jose: first they load you into one of 4 crappy buses and handcuff to another inmate until you arrived at court. from there they proceed to put you in a holling cell. then you sit there for about one hour. on two steel beds and two stools but there never enough.
Kelly: Court was horrible, I was always a nervous wreck. I started out in District Court and then ended in Circuit Court. I would be transported in hand cuffs and shackles with other inmates. I would stand at podium with my public defender and not understand much that was said. A lot of times the judges mood was determined by the people that went before me and that always had me worried because you dont want to go before a judge that has been disrespected and is angry.
Ken: COurt was very long and depressing. To watch the victims of your crimes give you looks to where if they could kill you would of died right then. To have a judge sit there and tell you that you are a mince to society and sentence you to ten years knowing he doesnt understand that you was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and in shock, it hurts more than any physical injury you could have to watch your loved ones begin to cry because everyday could be your last in prison if you piss off the wrong guy with a life sentence and nothing to lose.

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Lisa: Theft by unlawful taking
Zach: my charge was wanton endangerment
Kelly: the original charge was identity theft. I was convicted of giving a false name
Jeff: My original charge was first degree armed robbery and I ended up being convicted of second degree robbery.
Maurice: Crimnal misc and probation violation
Jose: 2 counts distribution and 2 counts of possession the distribution was turned to misdemeanor
Kelly: DUI and Wanton Endangerment were my original charges and that was what I was convicted of.
Ken: Original charges was, - Tampering with Physical Evidence and Criminal Facilitation to a Robbery. I was convicted of both crimes and given ten years to do in the DOC.

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