Wow, That Cop Was Right...

Wow, I don’t even know where to begin. I think I must be in shock, or something. I’m just going to write this and send it out mass email style.

I did pretty damned good today. Voice was a little shaky but I held on like a champ and didn’t fall apart. I made all my points including some underhanded remarks about his family and sat down feeling pretty proud of myself. I was very clear about my wish to be able to go home and tell my daughter that the judge had decided to give Doug the maximum sentence of 9 months instead of the minimum 3. My step dad spoke, and that was rough because even though we don’t get along he absolutely adores MaKayla.

The defense got to have the last word, of course. His slimy attorney droned on and on about how horrible this whole thing was for Doug. I thought for a minute there that my mom was going to fly out of her seat and attack him.

Then the judge began his rant. You know, I understand that a judge must try and be impartial and fair during a trial, but since Doug entered a guilty plea of 2nd degree assault, you would thing he would address the court as such. I am not exaggerating when I say that his statement to all of us sounded like the opening and closing arguments FOR Doug’s case. He spent maybe 2 sentences saying something that could possibly be viewed as sympathetic towards my child, and about 15 minutes talking about how horrible this was for Doug. Needless to say, the prosecutor was not exaggerating when she said we could not get a fair bench trial in front of this judge. And that is why this shitty ass deal was offered… at least it was something.

Love you all, thank you so much for the kind words and support. We are going to fine- MaKayla doesn’t understand what he’s really gotten away with… that will come later when she’s older and takes a look back. For now, she’s happy that he plead guilty to something and that he’s going to jail. I’ve never been real happy that she has no concept of time until now. It’s a relief. We get to move on without this hanging over our head and we will be happy, he won’t. I know this.

SOOOO… this weekend or tonight or whenever you next have a drink, drink to MaKayla. And the next time there’s an election, vote republican so there’s a smaller chance of this shit happening… Just had to throw that out there ☺