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No further questions. >> mr. ruck, anything else. >> all i would say, judge, is that being locked up, sitting here does something. i believe it has for morris. i would suggest that we move in increments. we move in increments from where he was before with no real restrictions, just you need to do what we're telling you to do. to now we're going to put a bracelet around your ankle and make sure that you're doing what we say we're going to do. before we jump to the most severe conclusion, the recommendation that he be shipped off away from his family and brothers and sisters who he hasn't seen i...

I know i got a problem. but you send me home, trust me, i'm going to show you i can work my problem out with my whole family. >> morris, you remember some time back, we went through a detention hearing where you talked about your background, your history and what you wanted to have happen, correct. >> yes. >> we're not going to go through all of that for today's hearing. all i want to know is what you've learned since you've been locked up. >> what i learned is i know how to control my anger. i would like to go home with my family. >> can the court and can your mother believe you right now whe...

To be here for us to work with morris. >> so now it's an issue of him being safe? >> well, that's one of the issues, yes. >> oh, okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior. >> yes, ma'am. absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didn't come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >> have there been other times when you leave the home without your mom's permission? >> yes. >> when you go to scho...

>> hey, morris, how are you? don ruck, i'll be your lawyer for today. >> 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a prior court hearing. before he enters the courtroom to face the judge he meets with his court-appointed attorney, don ruck. >> today's hearing the court is going to want to hear a little bit about what happened. and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. >> i want to get released. >> okay. did you test positive for marijuana when you came in? >> you did. >> yeah. >> all...

Get out of here but there's no question that as morris' advocate that i want him to go home. my preference is that children should be home with their parents. as opposed to, you know, detained in a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing, didn't even come? >> i didn't go because i was scared. they said they would give me two years in placement. >> so you run away. i'm not going to recommend that you go home. i'm going to try to keep you staying here so we can work something out. >> it's not going to work, sir. >> something's going to work. let's go back. you're not going to run a...