The dyslexic girl
Jenny was a sweet girl. She was the best daughter. She was one light of her parent's life. She had always been a healthy girl. She had some developmental issues. She was diagnosed with dyslexia and other developmental challenges. She was smart but had some cognitive issues. She had trouble with book learning. She would not let it hinder her. She listened to things in audio format.
She was stubborn. She was determined. She needed extra help but she got good grades. She loved to learn. She was determined to make something of herself. She wanted to contribute to society. It would have been easier for her to just get a job but she did not want to do that. She wanted to go to college. She wanted to prove herself. She wanted to prove that she could do it. She wanted to succeed.
She was accepted to a college. It was not a prestigious one but it was very respectable. She believes it could get her where she wanted to go. She applied for financial aid. She should have got help. she thought she could fill it out on her own. She did not understand some of the questions. There were discrepancies in her answers.
She should have gone it over before it was submitted. She did not do that. The discrepancy was discovered. An overzealous prosecutor in the d.a's office decided to prosecute her. She could get three years in prison. The d.a intended to make an example of her. She intended to pull no punches in her prosecution of Jenny.
"The d.a does not want to bring this to trial. It is small potatoes. She is not going to drop the case. She wants this to establish a pattern of fighting fraud. " her lawyer jess weber said. "So what do we do?" She asked.
The lawyer met with her in the conference room. Jenny wore an orange jumpsuit and was barefoot. "The d.a wants to plea this out. One year in prison. Two years probation. " jess said."a year? "She said.
" I know it seems like a long time. It will be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things. It will be over before you know. When you on the other side it will be a distant memory. "Jess said.
"A whole year. I made a mistake. I was not trying to defraud the federal government. " she said.
"You can't fight city hall. Angela gray is good. She can indite a Jan sandwich and convict one. Take the deal. Do you want to take this to trial? What if you're convicted? You could be in prison for three years. " jess said.
She did not want to take the deal. She was scared of a conviction. She could not afford a vigorous legal defense. She decided that the...