Chapter 22 - THE PLEASMark accepted the largest plea.
He admitted taking Eli’s phone, using unlawful force during the confrontation, preventing him from leaving while injured, and participating in the plan to conceal what happened.
He also accepted responsibility for specified false financial records and diversions.
Custodial sentence.
Several years.
Probation afterward.
Restitution.
No-contact restrictions involving Eli.
Charles’s sentence was shorter.
Age.
No prior record.
He did not strike Eli.
Still, he had authority in the house and chose the business over an injured grandchild.
A custodial component followed by supervision and financial penalties.
Denise received probation and community service with financial restitution and cooperation obligations.
Some relatives called her a snitch.
I called her the first adult in that basement who eventually stopped lying.
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Eventually is not heroism.
Still mattered.
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