after listening to all the arguments, and assessing the witnesses, i would say that the mother, mrs. moseley, certainly, you know, gave her heartfelt testimony. and i could feel for her as a parent when she said she s willing. but i also think what she didn t go on to say, which i think she probably would admit to, is that he s a little bit of a handful for her. more importantly to me is that he s out on the street doing some very dangerous things. and we all know that when you lay down with dougs, you get fleas. so this young man has been living on the street or between friends or doing something that he shouldn t be doing. all because he was afraid to come to court. he endangered himself and maybe others. for those reasons the court is going to order that he remain detained pending his next hearing because there s an unlikelihood that he will appear for a subsequent hearing. now are there any questions? all right, then this hearing s adjourned. thank you. want to say anything to
these kids learn their lesson and never have to face a judge who s worried about how long do we lock this kid up for. i m just going to pick myself back up. that s it. that s all i can do. i don t mean to cry but you know i m just hurt right now. that s okay. this is not a place you want to be. like i said, our job is to get you out. the more stuff you can focus on of the reasons why you shouldn t be in here and you should be out taking care of your child, those are the things that we re going to want the court to hear about tomorrow. rod, you ve convinced me that you re certainly on the right track with things. now our job is to convince the judge tomorrow. you do need some help with your anger. i don t think you re crazy but i think something inside is bothering you. what you think?
and will soon have to face the judge. but right now, he must face his mom. so i can get out tomorrow? i don t know. do you think you should? why? you didn t do anything? you didn t go to court. i know. i was scared. you were scared? because they said they were going to give me two years in placement. you should have just gone to court. i m going to court now. uh-huh. you don t have a choice. they told me they took you to the hospital. you test positive for marijuana. so you been smoking huh? i don t know. you don t know? what you smoking that for? for stress. you feel like you need something to calm you down? that s what you should have been telling the counselor and the therapist if that s how you feel. that s what i m talking about, the things you re telling me, you need to tell them. you may have a chemical imbalance. who knows? there s medicine for that. and people are not crazy who take it.
rodrick. i brought you a visitor. how are you? two weeks ago, judge bonaventura sent rodrick back to detention to await the results of a drug test. after his testimony left her less than satisfied. can you pass a drug screen today. i believe i can. what do you mean you believe you can? i believe i can. i do it any other time. it was an unfortunate end to a day in court that had been going rodrick s way. and it would only get worse for rodrick when the results came in. after you tested positive for marijuana, i ve been working
there s nothing wrong. after spending a worrisome weekend in juvenile detention, rodrick prepares for his monday morning court date by meeting with his probation officer. while his mother discusses strategy with his court-appointed therapist. he will go into court with a team on his side but his long record will also speak loudly to judge bonaventura. this today is your detention hearing. the judge that s going to hear your case is going to look at if there s probable cause to believe that you committed the acts of possession and the act of resisting. i feel like i ve been working so hard, but like, and this is the first downfall i had since i been home. i know. i don t want to mess up everything that i ve been trying to accomplish. because you know i ve been doing too good, miss sarah even from school to being outside. and you re the one that said to me, remember what you said to me. you d be on probation. it s going to help me out. that s what we did, right. but the b