Before relying on any court docket, ask these six questions:
: The date, time, and specific courtroom number.
It is the judge delaying her lunch by twenty minutes to explain to Kevin, in plain language, the conditions of his probation. It is the duty counsel making sure Kevin knows that if he finishes his grade ten equivalency and completes a drivers’ education course, his record might be sealed in three years. It is the RCMP officer who arrested Kevin nodding to him in the hallway afterward—not as a friend, but as someone who remembers arresting Kevin’s father, and who hopes this is where the pattern breaks.
A responsible citizen reads the docket to understand, not to harass.
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