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A subtle shift in the Shaquanda Cotton case

I'm leading with the last paragraph because, in a nation where +90% of liability settlements lead with a line about how the payment isn't an admission of guilt, this

The district attorney's office in this case wants nothing more than to see this juvenile re-enter society and never cause another problem for herself by following the rules that society puts in place through its various organizations and formats (school, public laws, etc.). It is our position that she's spent more than enough time in TYC - in fact, never had to go there - and that if TYC feels she has learned her lesson, then let her out.

...may be the best it gets.

That's from Regarding the Shaquanda Cotton case, published on the Lamar County & District Attorney website, which I quote no further from because it's a restatement of Judge Superville's self-defense.

I personally think it insufficient. I'd like the child to get some legit therapy, both for her reported ADHD and for the shit she went through for the last year. And I'd like any record sealed. And maybe some help move to Dallas or something.

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