Sunday, August 14, 2011
I have a Criminal Justice question about a judges sentence! Please help if you have been to law school!?
I was placed on probation one year ago to date. This was a double D felony case. I am now convicted and suppose to be off of probation August 3rd. I agreed to the terms of probation which were the following: If not employed 30 hrs. per week, I must complete 20 hours of community service PER WEEK: Complete 26 weeks of outpatient treatment: Take prescribed medication. The first 4 months of probation I was enrolled in college and did 6 credit hours per week. Which, needless to say, added up to way more then six hours a week due to homework ignments. I have not been employed the entire time while on probation. I have had "side jobs" that I have acquired which maybe added up to 15 hours a week, but not every week. Community service is hard work in my view. And me being placed on probation and told to do 20 hours a week is added up to 1020 hours a year. I have averaged 10 dollars an hour throughout my job history. If I had done 1020 hours a week for 10 dollars per hour, I would have worked 10,000 dollars worth of work, but doing community service equals nothing. Plus expense in gas, food, and clothing. At the time of this sentence the economy was very slow and still is. It is hard to find a job without a felony. Now with two felonies it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find a job. This was set up for me to work 20 hours per week the whole time. My question, is there a limit on what a judge can make you do in community service?
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