The Last Day

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Today, was my last day! I didn’t really do anything too interesting other then watch a few court hearings. The first court was a sentencing for (drug) money laundering. Since the criminal, the first female criminal I’ve seen in court, laundered over $100,000, and it was her first offense, the recommended sentence was three to four years. The criminal also did not speak English so the court provided her with a Spanish translator. Last week when I was watching court, I saw a sentencing of a drug trafficker who had two families, one in Cleveland and one in Phoenix. Interestingly enough, the criminal I watched today was his Phoenix girlfriend ( the court calls her a “paramour” though).

I felt very sorry for the female criminal. By the time she found out her boyfriend was a drug trafficker she already had two of his children. (Now they have four). The trafficker physically abused her, which is part of the reason she signed the bank statements for the laundering company, XYZ Insurance.

The defense attorney argued she should be let out on parole since she was not a danger and had four children to raise alone. She had broken up with her boyfriend who would be in prison for a long time. The prosecutor said she should have the recommended sentence since she laundered a large amount of money that all came from the sale of heroin and fentanyl. The judge was sympathetic and sentenced her to only four months in prison, (32 months off the minimum recommended sentence).