First, sorry for my sniffles. But I like how this came out, conversational and casual, so we're gonna keep this, my non-scripted take. I am glad I chose to wing it instead of following a script because to me, it felt more like I could be actually talking to you guys, than trying to follow a rigid or planned narrative.
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I'll be standing witness in August for a close call with a sick man I had back in November. Thanks for posting this, I was getting kind of nervous about having to testify, but I'm feeling a bit less so after hearing your version. I testified at a preliminary trial for this case a few months ago and I don't think I did too great of a job. I walked away thinking there were a lot of details I didn't get out that I should have and felt pretty bad for not being able to identify the guy. At the time I didn't beat myself up too much about it but now the more I think about it the more I feel for the real victims of this guy. I'm going to do a better job this time around of helping with the case against this guy so the actual victims of this guy can hopefully rest a little bit easier knowing he's put away. Anyway - great post, I'm thoroughly enjoying #adayinthelife, I might have to do my own with my own experience!
I hope you will! EDIT: ok - so I made the comment above just thinking generically "hey - I am also enjoying this dayinthelife thing TNG started, I'd love to hear more! I'll encourage this person" and then I read the linked story about the Night of Terror. I certainly hope you take your time and share that stuff when you're ready, but I'm not some kind of freakazoid who wants you to re-live tragedy for my entertainment. Yikes - what a terrible sounding experience.I might have to do my own with my own experience!
I completely understand how absolutely anxious/befuddling that became upon seeing the person on trial not being the one who mugged you. Thank you for sharing your story! LOL at the stats - smart way to entertain yourself. If I can ask (and you may not know the answer), what would be the reasoning for the court case evolving into a shift of the crime (or part of it) onto the pawn clerk? Creating a paper trail makes sense in the way of developing a pattern for future cases to have material on, but with regards to what happened to you specifically, there will be nothing else done to look for the perpetrator?
They weren't able to locate the criminal who stole from me in order to prosecute him. If they had been able to, they would have prosecuted him as well. They have been looking for the perpetrator since November, so I suspect at this point they have conceded to themselves they will not find him. However, I believe the case file will remain open, just in case.
I really enjoyed it. I also liked using this experience because I felt, I could choose from a lot of really "powerful" experiences but mostly kind of depressing ones, or I could just tell about an average day, and neither of them really seemed like a good choice to me. At the mini-meet-up or right after I had the idea that I could document my day in court and share something both unusual, and maybe potentially educational or valuable. After all, most people probably only go to court a few times in their lives. It's both unusual and nerve-wracking. Why not share? I did think a lot while at the court about how there's practically no one at court who's having a good day. The Loss Prevention guys were clearly pretty old hat about it, but besides them, you know, you're almost guaranteed not to interact with any happy people. (Except the employees.)
Dude! This was awesome. $20. That would be infuriating to me too. So senseless. I'm glad you are out there holding people accountable via the bureaucratic process for the rest of us. No joke. Can you do me a favor and fix the tag spelling? Thanks for sharing this!