It is unbelievable how angry I am at these fucking people... They send me this shit in the mail asking me what kind of psychological "damage" Jake caused me, and what kind of "financial restitution" I require... And then they tell me, "oh, but don't worry, it's just a formality, we're here for you..."
And then the best they can do for a plea-bargain is "First Time Offender" status on the same fucking felony charge??? They're telling me I won't see Jake for FIVE YEARS, and that the time he's been doing on house-arrest (their fancy name for it is "EHM") doesn't count for anything??? FIVE YEARS??? I thought a plea bargain was supposed to be, you know, something LESS than the charge! Right??? As it is, the no-contact order is only for one year -- I thought that was the maximum; I thought that, worst case scenario, I wouldn't see Jake for a year... But FIVE???
FUCK them, they're not "here for me." If they gave a rat's ass about me, they'd fucking DROP THE FUCKING CASE. IT'S NOT A FUCKING MATTER FOR THE POLICE, THE COURTS, LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND THE MOTHERFUCKING LOCAL NEWSPAPER. It's between me and Jake. It's fucking between me and Jake. Can't anybody fucking understand that? Doesn't anybody in the fucking WORLD have any sense of justice???
You know, you can't even get a fucking Burger King job if you've got a felony on your record?
You know, there was a time when I LIKED lawyers... There was a time when lawyers paid for me to have a week-long vacation in Seattle. There was a time when a lawyer went above and beyond his call of duty for my friend and me. There was a time when a lawyer chased an ambulance with me because I'm morbid and I like to watch ambulances...
I've changed my mind. Right now, I fucking hate all of them. The whole damned profession.
YOU'RE ONLY FUCKING DOING THIS SO YOU DON'T GET SUED. YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ME OR ANYBODY.
Go to hell, Mister Deputy Prosecutor. Go to hell, take down your pants, and sit squarely on a big old rusty nail.
I'm going to go make some phone calls. Then I'm going to go outside and break things.
~H.T.*