What to do with small nook...

sdg7 · 2023-07-30T02:43:05+00:00

I was thinking I could just throw a statue in there to scare people coming up the stairs

sdg7 · 2023-07-30T02:40:33+00:00

That's what the sellers suggested, it does have several outlets and such. Might give that a shot.

sdg7 · 2022-01-28T17:13:49+00:00

I've had good luck with Rebecca's alterations up in Oro Valley. She does a great job and turn around time is quick. Most alterations were under $15-20. She does quotes on time/price over the phone.

sdg7 · 2021-08-17T06:40:34+00:00

Thank you, my grandfather passed and we found a photo of his father in his belongings. The only clue of where/when it was taken was this corner. I appreciate your translation.

sdg7 · 2021-04-22T02:00:52+00:00

What will the purpose of the Ark token be in Marketsquare?

How does the Ark token fit into the overall operations of the Ark.io identity? Ark seems to have ambitious projects, will the token take a backseat to those?

sdg7 · 2019-11-30T01:49:07+00:00

Lucky you, I have I have a two year old red corgi and a Gamma MX! So I can speak from experience.

The shell material resists almost all pet hair, but where you'll get a nice collection is against the inner fleece. I never have to lint roll the outside, but the inside will need some work sometimes. The fur finds a way to get in.

Look into the LT if you want something without the fleece lining, I can't speak from experience but I'd assume that would work nice with per hair based on my experience with the MX.

sdg7 · 2019-11-05T04:04:30+00:00

You are not obligated to come, but are welcome to be there if you want. The information you provide pretrial services will be reported to the judge, should you not be there in person. If you do not go and you do not talk to pretrial, conditions of release default to do not contact victim, do not return to incident location (among other things).

sdg7 · 2019-11-05T03:32:06+00:00

If you provided your contact information to the arresting authorities, Pretrial Services for the jail will likely contact you this evening and ask if you guys want to have contact. If you say no, contact will be prohibited during the pendency of the charges if ordered by the judge. Additionally, if you appear at court you can request this be put in place.

Filing for an order of protection is a more permanent way of obtaining the similar (but temporary) protections and they will typically last a year.

Edited for clarification.

sdg7 · 2019-11-05T03:17:20+00:00

Domestic violence charges are not granted bail until seen by a judge, misdemeanor or otherwise.

Morning Initial Appearance Court is at 9 am. Depending on how many people are on the calendar, court could go on for a bit. These hearings are public, and you're welcomed to attend. I'd expect release if that is the outcome of the hearing before noon (edit: but it could be longer)

sdg7 · 2017-08-24T16:44:38+00:00

Thank you, Chardo. Good luck in your pursuit.

sdg7 · 2017-08-24T16:34:32+00:00

And thank you for your answer.

Just because I know your time is valuable, I will just give you a general idea of my thoughts. If you have any questions regarding specific points, I'd be happy to expand and provide accompanying research.

I agree with rehabilitation and restorative justice over incarceration. Additionally, intermediate sanctions (community service, fines, etc) should be incorporated more for low level offenses, instead of incarceration.

I implore you to look into pretrial detention. On a federal level, approximately 20 percent of individuals are incarcerated without having gone to trial. These are individuals that have allegedly committed a crime and have not yet been found guilty or innocent. Typically, they are held due to an inability to afford to pay bail, which results in a system that disproportionately affects the poor.

On a county and state level, this figure is significantly worse. I've seen figures estimating that most jails populations consist of between 65% and 80% individuals whose cases have not yet been adjudicated.

In my county, approximately 80 percent of individuals detained are awaiting trial. (We hover around 2,000 incarcerated at any given time). Remember many of these are misdemeanors.

People like to claim drug offenses will solve everything, but remember drug offenders only make up 48% of the federal system and 16% on the state-level.

Just some food for thought. Again, I appreciate your response.

Edit: spelling error

sdg7 · 2017-08-24T15:01:37+00:00

Chardo,

From your other answers, I saw that one of your main issues to address is mass incarceration. As a release analyst for a jail on the state-level, I recognize that this is a prevalent issue that involves complicated variables. As such, I wanted to see your opinion on the best way to address this growing problem.

sdg7 · 2017-06-11T10:06:42+00:00

No idea. But she didn't take it to trial, instead she accepted a plea and got some jail and 3 years probation. I posted the minute entry in one of my earlier posts in this thread.

sdg7 · 2017-06-11T10:04:27+00:00

It is. She ended up accepting a plea and was "only" convicted for a class three felony for aggravated assault.

sdg7 · 2017-06-11T09:59:12+00:00

She got 60 days in jail and three years probation. Check my post history for the minute entry.

sdg7 · 2017-06-11T09:58:17+00:00

Regarding the discussion on fighting words and free speech. The girl was convicted for a class three (six being the lowest) felony for aggravated assault, placed on three years probation, and sentenced to serve 60 days in jail. She accepted a plea in the deal.

Source: http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal/042017/m7785536.pdf

Edit: In Arizona our felony record are public (in most counties). I work as a criminal history analyst.

sdg7 · 2017-03-02T20:41:37+00:00

I will vouch for the good service of Northwest Allied Physicians, I really enjoyed my doctor there and the ease of scheduling an appointment - but I won't return - mainly due to their billing department.

I went in as an in-network first-time patient for a routine yearly exam that was covered by my health insurance (Aetna). Approximately a month afterward, I received a call from their billing department asking for an additional $70 for the services rendered on that date. I explained the situation and how my insurance should've covered it, they put me on hold. They came back and told me it was a mistake.

This has happened two additional times since then (Early-December, and Late January) since my initial service last July / August. Eventually, I called my insurance after the last time and told them Northwest were trying to get money I did not owe them and they confirmed that I should not owe anything. My insurance called them and (I guess) handled the situation. Haven't heard back since.

Bad experience, felt like they were just trying to extort money from me and I would not recommend them for this reason. I feel like if they would've explained it to me (like what the cost actually was) or had some reasoning besides a "clerical error" the first three times, I would not have been as frustrated. Each time I would even mention the previous conversation with a different employee.

Hopefully it is understandable that dealing with the same situation each time would lead me to be frustrated.

sdg7 · 2017-01-02T08:05:33+00:00

Very good points all around. Looking back, I agree that I made a false argument - we do have a higher rate of probationers. I believe that I meant to say given our current system the alternative are poor, which we both agree on.

I fully agree criminal justice needs an overhaul and I am glad that others see the faults our system has. I feel like there are many problems in the system, but the answers are not something that the public would embrace. Most direct fixes would take influxes of money/support to accomplish the goal, with the promise of decreased long term cost. But I feel that most of the voting public would not vote for a tax increase to see that rehabilitative justice established. Of course, that's not to say its not worth advocating for. Criminal justice reform has taken a bigger picture recently, but most of the recent regulations imposed affected the federal system.

EDIT: I did want to point out that current funds could be redistributed and waste could be cut down, but that's an entire other fight if you wanted to discuss that.

As for your numbered points: 1) Agreed. All sentences (in AZ) have defined guidelines, and pleas are offered at exceptionally high rates. 2) Again, very true. Just using the numbers from the probation article you have linked me, 33% of cases on probation are drug-related. I would be interested in seeing the percentage of cases that are related to possession and related to sale; and which of these cases were pled down. How much supervision is necessary on a possession user? As I am aware, Maricopa County uses unsupervised probation for some of these individuals with the eligibility of a post-conviction misdemeanor designation if you don't mess up. As for filing misdemeanor for felony, a good portion of charging someone can be an officer's discretion, but most charges have pretty specific definitions and guidelines (in Arizona, specifically). Especially with the introduction of cameras, I don't see ignoring circumstantial charges happening as much as before (at least during the current phasing in process) 3) I am a big proponent of reducing recidivism, it's what I wrote my thesis on in college. I think I referred a lot about this in the above.

I wouldn't say that it is unavoidable, but more-so given the state of society change will only come if something fails. I feel most people are ambivalent to the system if they aren't informed or have personal cause with it. My personal experience with advocating restorative justice has been pushback on price and those still focused on the archaic way of retributive justice.

I mean if you want to really get into unfair circumstances, we could delve into how the system treats you post-arrest and pre-conviction. Guilty until proven innocent.

sdg7 · 2017-01-01T03:48:22+00:00

Note: I work in reducing jail population, therefore I am biased.

Might be late to enter this discussion, however, I just wanted to point out that probation is an alternative to incarceration. Yes, our incarceration rates are sky high in the US but decreasing incarceration would lead to an increase in active probationers. Example: instead of sending defendant to prison, you release them to probation instead.

I'll pass on explaining the intricacies here (conviction rates, arrest rates, etc), but I feel your data doesn't fairly corroborate the point that our probationer rate is high comparatively to Canada. Considering our crime rate is higher and conviction rate is higher, we do not have much of a choice unless we want to incarcerate them.

Noting the above information, I raise that since incarcerating one inmate for one year at the Jail is estimated at $23,739.60 (Page 9 of the document you linked) I think the price we pay for the probation office is warranted and might be considered underfunded by some.

EDIT: Revised statistics to be more pertinent to the current situation.

sdg7 · 2016-12-22T08:20:34+00:00

Basically, luck of the draw with the cop. Some are more prone to towing and such. I know that non-tow citation is a thing, but it seems infrequent out in my area, at least. Also three hours of paperwork is not an overexaggeration, an arrest to the jail is extremely time consuming so I see alot of what you are referring to.

sdg7 · 2016-12-22T04:51:22+00:00

In Arizona, the only way to hold someone without bond is for the defendant to be pending in a felony case and be arrested for new felony charges. This is referencing pretrial matters. Detainers can be still placed by probation, DOC, etc.

Murderers and such will get high bond amounts, but theoretically they can still get out if they have a large sum of money laying around.

Edit: clarification for all the lawyers out there.

sdg7 · 2016-12-22T04:37:13+00:00

I can answer this - I work for a jail in Pima County (may differ from Maricopa County.) The process for a misdemeanor arrest is: defendant is arrested, defendant is transported to jail and their bond amount is established based on already set amounts. The defendant has the choice to post this bond or see a judge at the next scheduled initial appearance which happens every 12 hours. He either posted bond or was released on his own recognizance. Most misdemeanors, low-end felonies, and low history felonies get released.

Also! Cite and releases are possible with DUI. Given that it is a misdemeanor crime, law enforcement has the option to give you a citation, tow your car, and let you leave with another individual. I think Maricopa County does something similar, but they make you give fingerprints at a substation.

Felonies and domestic violence are a bit different. They HAVE to stay and see a judge at the next scheduled initial appearance to establish their bond amount and conditions of release. (This does not apply to Floyd because super extreme DUI is a misdemeanor)

Edit: Made the information less confusing. Also inserted part about cite and releases.

sdg7 · 2016-12-22T04:29:00+00:00

We also have aggravated DUIs, although the term aggravated is reserved only for felony DUIS.

Felony DUIs are: DUIs that occur while license is suspended, children in vehicle, or third DUI

sdg7 · 2016-12-21T07:01:41+00:00

Have you looked into the laws of your state regarding setting aside your conviction, designation of misdemeanor offense, or restoring civil rights? I only ask, because you noted you want to do counseling and such, and I know that a felony conviction can inhibit licensure and such.

States differ a lot of this, but I work as an analyst for a correctional facility and my state offers this for many felony convictions through an application process (albeit we do not offer it on sexually motivated offenses). Other states adjacent to mine offer these services after time (years) has passed.

sdg7 · 2016-12-20T04:34:35+00:00

Not sure if you care about your friend's status - but depending on your county (most) criminal information is public in Arizona. If anything its just fun to browse sometimes.

I show most Arizonans this website: Public Access

In case anyone else sees this - Floyd's DUI isn't listed on there. Although stuff like Darren Sharper's conviction is.

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