Sqwertz wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >> I need to do some traveling to heal what ails me. Y'all know my
> >> cluemail address if you want some support, abuse, or vibes.
> >> Otherwise post here and get my usual guarantee.
> >
> > Is this related to that robbery attempt several
> > months ago? Has the perp been tried?
>
> I was supposed to go to Oklahoma this afternoon but my visitee has taken
> ill (had a stroke, a week after he got married) and is in the hospital.
>
> So no, this is not about the attempted robbery. But to follow up on that
> incident:
>
> That guy got 8 months flat time (day for day - no early release) and is
> out of prison already. The incident happened Oct '07 so he got out last
> June or July.
>
> I wrote several letters (including pictures and doctors reports) to the
> judges and probation pre-sentencing reporter before his sentencing, and
> even showed up for his plea date only to find out they brought him to
> court two weeks earlier and offered him 8 months - wiothotu any
> consultation with me. He was sentenced even before I wrote and personally
> delivered the the letters. They didn't even bother to tell me until I
> showed up in court on the appointed day.
>
> I submitted about $500 in supposedly reimbursable receipts for doctors,
> transportation, and lost/damaged property to the Attorney General's Victim
> Fund and was reimbursed a whoppibng $14, which I took to Walmart and
> bought something really cheap and disgusting. I forgot what it was, but I
> know it would be lousy. That's why I bought it with that particular $14.
> I even cashed the check at Walmart (cost me $.14, not $3).
>
> The whole legal system is a joke from a victim's standpoint.
>
> The second time it happened last August, the perps were never caught.
>
> -sw (newborn racist for good reason)


Jesu Xristo, Steve, I thought Texas was a "tough on crime" state...

Your whole ordeal truly, really, sucks...


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Best
Greg