Last week I spent a day sitting on probation and parole violation hearings; something I do from time to time.  There never ceases to be a couple winners among the violators.  Take one case for example:  this guy had already racked up convictions for assault, disorderly conduct, DUI, and criminal damages, and six, count ‘em 6, domestic violence offenses.  Quite a resume.

It was a bench hearing, no jury.  So they let him dress for “casual Friday”, on a Tuesday:  Sheriff’s black and white stripes (complete with advertisement “Sheriff’s Inmate” and “Unsentensed”, pink socks, sandals and heavy bracelets – ahem, handcuffs and shackles.

He’d already violated his parole somehow (I didn’t get to hear that part).  But now he was being sentenced again.  In the end, he was given credit for time served, some 2 ½ years and was instructed to attend domestic violence classes for the next 52 weeks (that’s 104 class hours) and finish his probation without a hitch.  Keep your fingers crossed that this has some affect on him.  A positive affect – one that ends this particular career.  His courtroom behavior left me feeling that he was never going to change.  And I really want to have more faith.

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