Archive for April 6, 2007
when clients turn things around
Apr 6th
It’s always heartening to read stories of clients that we help turning things around. The latest one comes from another MA pd blogger (no, I didn’t stumble upon this blog today, I’ve had my eye on it for a bit, but never got around to mentioning it), MissTyrios.
But today, I saw a client in court who was there to set up her system for random drug screens with probation. She was there on schedule, doing everything she was supposed to do. And she looked amazing. It took me a few seconds to register who she was when she called out my name and waved in the hallway. Since I last saw her – when she plead her case out, facing two more months in jail and a long period of probation – she has put on some much-needed weight and lost a huge amount of that horrible premature aging that so ravages women addicted to heroin. Her hair was dyed, her makeup was done, her clothes were neat and clean. And she was just…healthy. I had grown really fond of her over the course of my representation.
Now that makes it worthwhile. The blog has been added to the list on the left, so if you want to find it again, you know where to look.
What would your criminal record look like?
Apr 6th
Txpd is soliciting your hypothetical criminal record – if everything you had done as a juvenile was reported to the police and prosecuted. I can think of a few “schoolyard” fights I got into that would have surely made it onto my hypothetical criminal record had it not been handled the good old-fashioned way: a scuffle, yelling by parents on both sides and then back to being friends the next day.
So, fess up, what’s yours look like?
another new pd blawg
Apr 6th
I just stumbled across another new pd blawg: The Saucy Vixen. Written by a pd in MA, she blogs about work, life and herself. There is some adult content and language, so be forewarned.
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