come on out. hey, morris, how are you? don ruck, i ll be your lawyer for today. 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a prior court hearing. before he enters the courtroom to face the judge he meets with his court-appointed attorney, don ruck. today s hearing the court is going to want to hear a little bit about what happened. and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. i want to get released. okay. did you test positive for marijuana when you came in? you did. yeah. all right. the court s going to ask you why you were using marijuana. do you know how you d answer that? yeah, i would tell them i was in a car. they were smoking marijuana. one of the things i know is the probation department is recommending that you stay locked up. all right? we have our work cut out for us. the difficult challenge as a
come on out. hey, morris, how are you? don ruck, i ll be your lawyer for today. 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a prior court hearing. before he enters the courtroom to face the judge he meets with his court-appointed attorney, don ruck. today s hearing the court is going to want to hear a little bit about what happened. and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. i want to get released. okay. did you test positive for marijuana when you came in? you did. yeah. all right. the court s going to ask you why you were using marijuana. do you know how you d answer that? yeah, i would tell them i was in a car. they were smoking marijuana. one of the things i know is the probation department is recommending that you stay locked up. all right? we have our work cut out for us. the difficult challenge as a public defender for a child is distinguishing betwe
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come on out. hey, morris, how are you? don ruck, i ll be your lawyer for today. 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a prior court hearing. before he enters the courtroom to face the judge he meets with his court-appointed attorney, don ruck. today s hearing the court is going to want to hear a little bit about what happened. and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. i want to get released. okay. did you test positive for marijuana when you came in? you did. yeah. all right. the court s going to ask you why you were using marijuana. do you know how you d answer that? yeah, i would tell them i was in a car. they were smoking marijuana. one of the things i know is the probation department is recommending that you stay locked up. all right? we have our work cut out for us. the difficult challenge as a public defender for a child is
i don t know why but it s just it s been driving me nuts. i don t know. i m sure the court wants to try to help him. the ultimate goal is to make him productive in society, but i just don t know given, you know, his age and all the opportunities that have been given to him. i really don t the judge is really faced with a tough decision. i don t envy her. i feel like i m being strangled. it s just i don t know. i have no clue. i don t know what it is, but it s like time ain t going by like it used to. 17-year-old michael is back in detention for the third time. before appearing in front of the judge michael meets with his court-appointed attorney, don