<<<In many states, minors are not allowed to enter a jail or prison. Don;t know if that is applicable but if it is, they aren't going to chnage because the court stated the father could see his child>>>

Well, I just found it interesting that those inmates that were well aquainted with the under-sheriff or the major over the jail were able to have contact visits with their children, weekly (and yes, many of them were in for the same reasons as my husband). It's all a matter of who you know and how well you know them.


<<<If he is not guilty of those chargesm then he is guilty of prejury. Whenever a deal is acepted the judge will require the defendant to elocute the facts of the crime they are pleading guilty to. If he did this and is not guilty of the crimes, he perjured himself.>>>

No, unfortunately, he is guilty of believing in an attorney who tells him that he can help us, and then put his faith in god. When we found out how the attorney (and his wife, who actually ran the show but was not "certified" to be an attorney) went about deciding my husband's fate it was too late.

His first attorney charged us 10,000.00 for the plea bargain. He never told my husband anything about what the choices of a plea would be. We were screwed by the system, yes.... Our only guilt was ignorance. We had no idea what being honest would do to our family.

<<<Then you need to find a judge that does have jurisdiction>>> and where do we find one of these??? We have since moved from the original county of problem; can we file a motion to modify or something similar with the courts in the new county?

<<<That is an awfully direct statement for a 7 or 8 year old. The girl would have no more knowledge than given by an adult (you?)>>> I'm afraid you lost me here... Are you referring to her knowledge of her half-brother? If so, I will admit to telling her where and what he is doing. When she asks, we tell her. We have never lied to her or not told her things. We have always been up front and honest with her in all things.

<<<...you need to gather some of the money you saved from not having an attorney to now pay an attorney to fight for your cause.>>> We have retained two attornies over the past year for this.... and paid over 30,000.00 now. The first attorney has disappeared since the intial plea that he (and his wife) set up, and the second one can't seem to get a "day in court" for us. Another thing we didn't know; you don't hire an attorney that works in the same county where the charges were made.

<<<a much greater portion merely blames "the system" >>> Yes, you are correct, I do blame the system. It has become a system of who you know and what you can pay rather than a system that has a person being tried fairly and honestly. In this day and age we are guilty until proven innocent. And if you don't know the right people or have a great deal of money, you will never get your day in court.