chaosfairy
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas
When my brother was 12 (his birthday is June 6) he played I'll show you mine if you show me yours with our 9 (her birthday is June 2) year old cousin. The incident happened between their two birthdays, with her having just turned 9 and he not yet 13. At first this little act was kept within the family and brushed off as brats being brats where it should have stayed. Later after he had turned 13 HER oldest sister found out what happened and blew it out of proportion and called CPS and accused him of RAPING the 9 year old.
It boils down to both children being ripped out of school and he arrested and her interrogated. She NEVER accused him of any impropriety and none was put on record in court. He was charged with INDECENCY with a minor, tried as a 13 year old even though the judge himself had said that if he were 12 there would not have been these consequences but as it stood he couldn't willingly let him 'skate'. My brother was sentenced to 6 months JD and probation, sex offender registration until he was 24.
A boy earlier that same court date had almost IDENTICAL charges and walked scot free. It was first offense for both boys.
My brother is now 21 and very suicidal because his record is not sealed! And apparently can not be sealed until he no longer has to register. As I see it, this boy did not ruin his own life, my busy body cousin ruined the whole family. At first there was a LOT of tension but after the cousin went to prison herself for drugs things got better because she was no longer there to stir the pot and keep it fresh. She got paroled recently and she planted marijuana on him and turned him in. I know she did this because she TOLD me she did it, gloating. Needless to say I wanted to do her some harm but instead I went to his attorney.
Unfortunately, he said there is now NOTHING to be done to seal his record because possession is a class a or b misdemeanor... and NOW my brother has to attend SEX OFFENDER counseling because of the misdemeanor pot thing and he spends weekends in jail, he can't have unsupervised visits with his OWN child anymore because the child is under the age of 3 and a whole litany of other things he "CAN NOT" do. I never asked for life to be fair, but shouldn't there be a way to make it better than this?
All I am asking for here is help getting his juvenile record sealed/destroyed. I don't want your opinions on the situation or anything else. Just please tell me IF I can help him with the record. Or if his attorney was right, there's nothing to be done now, or if he just wants more money. I'll get more money if that's what I need to do. I'll get a different attorney. I'll do whatever it takes. I just want some options. Thank you.
When my brother was 12 (his birthday is June 6) he played I'll show you mine if you show me yours with our 9 (her birthday is June 2) year old cousin. The incident happened between their two birthdays, with her having just turned 9 and he not yet 13. At first this little act was kept within the family and brushed off as brats being brats where it should have stayed. Later after he had turned 13 HER oldest sister found out what happened and blew it out of proportion and called CPS and accused him of RAPING the 9 year old.
It boils down to both children being ripped out of school and he arrested and her interrogated. She NEVER accused him of any impropriety and none was put on record in court. He was charged with INDECENCY with a minor, tried as a 13 year old even though the judge himself had said that if he were 12 there would not have been these consequences but as it stood he couldn't willingly let him 'skate'. My brother was sentenced to 6 months JD and probation, sex offender registration until he was 24.
A boy earlier that same court date had almost IDENTICAL charges and walked scot free. It was first offense for both boys.
My brother is now 21 and very suicidal because his record is not sealed! And apparently can not be sealed until he no longer has to register. As I see it, this boy did not ruin his own life, my busy body cousin ruined the whole family. At first there was a LOT of tension but after the cousin went to prison herself for drugs things got better because she was no longer there to stir the pot and keep it fresh. She got paroled recently and she planted marijuana on him and turned him in. I know she did this because she TOLD me she did it, gloating. Needless to say I wanted to do her some harm but instead I went to his attorney.
Unfortunately, he said there is now NOTHING to be done to seal his record because possession is a class a or b misdemeanor... and NOW my brother has to attend SEX OFFENDER counseling because of the misdemeanor pot thing and he spends weekends in jail, he can't have unsupervised visits with his OWN child anymore because the child is under the age of 3 and a whole litany of other things he "CAN NOT" do. I never asked for life to be fair, but shouldn't there be a way to make it better than this?
All I am asking for here is help getting his juvenile record sealed/destroyed. I don't want your opinions on the situation or anything else. Just please tell me IF I can help him with the record. Or if his attorney was right, there's nothing to be done now, or if he just wants more money. I'll get more money if that's what I need to do. I'll get a different attorney. I'll do whatever it takes. I just want some options. Thank you.