Allright, I missed a few things... Stiffy's avatar? What happened there? Stiffy being insensitive? Sue and Laura being angry? Walter apologizing? .... Like I said I missed a few days.
Back on topic...
So I just heard the bad news ... Julie was just sentenced to 27 months in a minimium security facility...
Sorry to hear about this Vanessa. Thank you for keeping us informed about Julie.
If she can get an appeal, she most likely is dealing with two-thirds of that time, let's say 18 months here. She admitted to using a a dangerous weapon, which is also illegal. This is why the additional 9 months were tacked on. Although she was defending herself, and almost would have been severly hurt or maybe even been killed by her ex-boyfriend...
The judge did say he consulted with a few leading authorities to reach his decision.
... Like Walter said in his first post about this. The bottom-line here is that Julie went over the line. And Julie has to take the responsibility for all of her actions, not just some of them.
And her ex-boyfriend was fined $10,000 in contempt of court for the outburst. His bad behavior will not be tolerated and the judge was right in fining him. And well, any judge will do that. If the ex-boyfriend can't pay the fine, off to jail for him too. His family will need to put up their house to keep him out of jail as well.
A very sad situation overall to both Julie, her ex, their families and their friends.
Julie is a very sweet girl but she has one major character flaw. Her anger issues, overwhelm her at times. Remember what I said when she threw the pot at one of her current boyfriends. That is very troubling, indeed. Hopefully, she can get what she needs while being incarcerated. Anger-management counseling to deal with this very troubling matter.
God knows that all we can do is pray for Julie here, and hope she learns from this harrowing experience.
...And if you can't be with the one you love.., "Love the One You're With" -- Stephen Stills 1970