[Fiskadoro]

I guess it's all how you look at it.

So you have a cute but not so bright little girl 18 years old that got arrested for having a Xanex (a pill) that's used to combat anxiety and depression on her that was not prescribed to her in her possession.

She ends up in court with no idea how to behave. (no criminal record)

She's so nervous she keeps giggling, and playing with her hair. She's overly friendly with the Judge thinking that if she's sweet and cute the Judge (because he's a guy) will be nice to her.

When the Judge asks here is she's got any money (standard question asked before appointing a public defender) She thinks he's being personal, and proudly states she's got money, because she owns a car (probably junk), a lot of jewelry (probably junk) and has a job where she makes $200 a week which she obviously believes as a lot of money.

The Judge doesn't like her because she has no idea how to behave in court and see's it as being disrespectful. When the public defender tries to intercede and just asks to be appointed, he denies the request and sarcastically says she's wealthy enough to hire an attorney, even though it's obvious that is not the case, because she just said she only makes $200 a week.

The Judge then asks for a "no piteous" (no mercy) bail assessment from the clerk and sets her bail at $5000 because straight up he doesn't like her.

In most places a Xanax charge and the punishment for possession of Xanax depend on the weight of the drug. For example in Texas possession of less than 28 grams of Xanax is a Class A Misdemeanor


Bail for Misdemeanor Offenses is usually around a $1000. Battery domestic violence, DUI, first offense maybe $3,000, 2nd offense Domestic Violence or DUI might get you a $5,000 bail.


Unfortunately she's in Florida. Xanax is listed as a Schedule IV drug in Florida. So it's a third Degree Felony to possess any amount of Xanax (even one pill) without a prescription in Florida, so the Judge has grounds to give a high bail and he does so simply because he does not like her, and wants to give her a hard time.


Of course she's so ignorant of courts, and their procedures, and so nervous and self conscious that's she's oblivious to the fact he's giving her a hard time, and happily says: "adios" a friendly goodbye when he dismisses her.


Bad move!!!! Nothing makes someone that's giving you a hard time madder then not noticing the fact that they are giving you a hard time.


So he calls her back and doubles the bail to $10000 which is so ridiculously high that at that point, even as dumb as she is, even she realizes he's giving her a hard time, and that the bail is outrageous.

Of course being dumb as rock she then says something nasty and flips him off giving him an excuse to really let her have it. So 30 days in jail, at the cost of maybe 6 grand to taxpayers.

I'm supposed to get excited about this.

Meanwhile even though the U.S. government has launched a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's and parent The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc over alleged illegal behavior tied to the recent financial crisis, seeking over 5 billion in damages, not a single individual involved in the violations that are now considered "key enablers of the financial meltdown" have been sentenced to, or served a single day of jail time.

Yep the American judicial system at work. We definitely got the bad guys one the run now.