The third pretrial was this morning. It was a waste of time. The defense attorney had not presented any plea options to the family. So, the prosecutor again, more formally, made a plea agreement offer, and it will be taken to the family. The 4th and final pretrial will be January 29th at 11:30a.m.
If I were a cynical person, I'd say the defense attorney is playing around to pad his billable hours to the family. But, I'm not a cynical person, so I won't say that.
The prosecutor did say that while there are a variety of combinations of charges that would work, she won't settle for less than one count of rape. That will result in the full sexual offender evaluation process, etc. That takes 4-6 weeks, and the disposition will follow that.
Sigh.
In July 2008, my babysitter called me. She was in tears. My 7yo daughter and her best friend had told her that they were being sexually abused by the best friend's 13yo brother, who was also my daughter's before-school babysitter for most of the last school year. Bottom line: I paid him to spend time alone, in my house, with my daughter. I thought I knew him. If this blog saves one child, I will be thrilled. If you are new to the blog, read the old stuff from the bottom up. It's worth it.
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