I have been married to my husband for a little over a year. He has been divorced from his ex-wife for a few years now. They have a 4 year old child. When they were divorcing, this woman signed over the child to him giving him sole legal and sole physical. She wouldn't take care of her and...
The public defender told me that if I didn't plead guilty, that it would be worse in the end for me than if I plea bargained to one charge and pled guilty. I was naive and scared and had no idea what the consequences would be. I honestly feel that the system let me down because all this...
Back in 2000, my ex and I had a fight. A physical fight. I couldn't leave and grabbed a knife to protect myself from this guy. Needless to say, he got scratches and bled, the cops showed up and I got screwed because I was "the aggressor". I was locked up for a week, went to court, couldn't...