rodrick. i brought you a visitor. how are you? two weeks ago, judge bonaventura sent rodrick back to detention to await the results of a drug test. after his testimony left her less than satisfied. can you pass a drug screen today. i believe i can. what do you mean you believe you can? i believe i can. i do it any other time. it was an unfortunate end to a day in court that had been going rodrick s way. and it would only get worse for rodrick when the results came in. after you tested positive for marijuana, i ve been working
there s nothing wrong. after spending a worrisome weekend in juvenile detention, rodrick prepares for his monday morning court date by meeting with his probation officer. while his mother discusses strategy with his court-appointed therapist. he will go into court with a team on his side but his long record will also speak loudly to judge bonaventura. this today is your detention hearing. the judge that s going to hear your case is going to look at if there s probable cause to believe that you committed the acts of possession and the act of resisting. i feel like i ve been working so hard, but like, and this is the first downfall i had since i been home. i know. i don t want to mess up everything that i ve been trying to accomplish. because you know i ve been doing too good, miss sarah even from school to being outside. and you re the one that said to me, remember what you said to me. you d be on probation. it s going to help me out. that s what we did, right. but the b
resisting law enforcement. are you going to cooperate with the prosecutor s office in identifying the person whose marijuana that it was? i can do that. will you do that? i will do that because it s not mine. i m not going to jail for nothing that s not mine. i ve been working too hard this year. too hard this year. i have improved my whole life. my mother told me a long time ago when i was at boy s school if i ever in my life from now till the time i m dead, did i ever got locked up she wouldn t come and so me. she wouldn t be here now. and you know i felt that s why i know my mother believed me and she know the truth. that s why she s here today. that s all i have, judge. i have a question. rodrick, have you been having drug tests while you ve been on probation? yes, ma am. can you pass a drug screen today. i believe i can. what do you mean you believe you can? i believe i can. i do it any other time. okay. all right.
crazy up in this place. it s okay. i ll see you at 1:30, all right? you re going to be all right. i ll be here all day every day. i love you. i love you too. hang in there. i certainly understand why the court did what it did. there s not a solid support structure in place where this mother says i m going to take care of this problem. and he s not going to be back again. while i certainly was advocating for him to go home and would have liked to have seen that, i understand the court s decision. with so much testimony pushing against morris release, the judge decides he should remain locked up until his next court hearing. rodrick, on the other hand, is coming to court with his own cheering section. but will it be enough to sway judge bonaventura? he actually asked me to stay on probation throughout the summer until his 18th birthday at his last hearing because he felt the extra supervision from myself would really help him get through the summer to ensure that he would be
you re going to be okay. thanks, bob. this is my first time not to hug you, miss sarah. i know. even though he did test dirty for marijuana and he was arrested. i don t want that to wipe away all the good he s done which for somebody like rodrick is just enormous. this is the last time i m going to see you, miss jane. that s a good thing. i m going to be 18 next month. next month. however, don t want to read about you in the paper. he was locked up for two weeks. he paid the price for coming here with a dirty drug screen. i think he got that message. and i he needed today, somebody to say to him, i believe in you. and i just felt it was the right time to convey that message to him. whoo!