Guilty

Over the weekend Tanya asked me to go to the reading of the verdict. It was done this afternoon at 3 p.m. She reminded me that I would be done with work by then. I reminded her that I would have to sit with the Pawski's if I went. That seemed to be her object. So I met her at the courthouse and we went inside. In the courtroom she went to the other side of the room and I stayed near the door. Pawski's group came in and surrounded me. Then the mother of his girlfriend introduced herself to me. I told her who I was and what I was doing. That is when the young people who sat in the aisle ahead of me said if I was going to sit with them, then they would sit with me and they all moved to my row. They all thanked me for my support.
That said the judge came in and explained what the law was looking for. As he did this I knew it was a guilty verdict. And according to the law it was right. Doesn't mean that I feel the law was just in this case. The judge did allow Pawski to stay out of jail until the sentencing. After Tanya and the others left I voiced my opinion of "That sucks".
Out in the hallway the prosecutor was explaining how sentencing was going to work. He wanted to know if Pawski showed any emotion. Tanya said that he lowered his head into his hands. Then the prosecutor said he only showed that because he was found guilty. That we only had one more chance to make an impact on this kid so that he never does this again. Wow. I would think that 21-27 months in prison is going to make one hell of an impact. Whether he does "it" again or not is not going to be up to any of us.