STEALING but innocent?

Question

ok imma speak on behaf of my cousin who is kind of like my daughter. my cousin dad passed away. her mom is always sick and their is alway fighting in her house and their family is going through a financial crisis right now. she has no friends at school and is seen as a outcast her older sister always takes her clothes . everday day. and she has nothing mor then a week with out getting it back from her sisters room . she hhas been going through depresssion for a while now. he family always calls her a theif . even if she didn't do anything. if she was just innocently using her moms lap top or looking at their photo album they call her a theif her sister spit on her face and swears at her everyday. she is a straight A student but is super shy. ok one day she went shoping and left a shirt on by mistake because she pulled off the tags because it was bothering her. she left the store no said anything at all. so she went back ad took a couple of shirts without looking at the prices. well it

turned out that they were watching her and the lady pulled her hand while she was leaving and took her to the security room and interrogated her she feel so guilty and was full of remorse but they just continued to hassal her. she was speakless they called her mom and put her under arrest and she has a court hearing. the harassed her called her a pain in the neck etc and then she wastook home by her mom her mom said she didn't want to talk to her and her sister now and brother call her a theif they don't use a name they just call her that. isn't hat sad. but i dunno wat to do shes my fav lil cussy. shes only 14 n she is like tramatized that she'll be going to juvi she stole 500 dollar worth of stuff with ou knowing turns out she went to a expensive store but only took a couple of thing what do u think her future has for her and is her life really over or ruined. thnx

turned out that they were watching her and the lady pulled her hand while she was leaving and took her to the security room and interrogated her she feel so guilty and was full of remorse but they just continued to hassal her. she was speakless they called her mom and put her under arrest and she has a court hearing. the harassed her called her a pain in the neck etc and then she wastook home by her mom her mom said she didn't want to talk to her and her sister now and brother call her a theif they don't use a name they just call her that. isn't hat sad. but i dunno wat to do shes my fav lil cussy. shes only 14 n she is like tramatized that she'll be going to juvi she stole 500 dollar worth of stuff with ou knowing turns out she went to a expensive store but only took a couple of thing what do u think her future has for her and is her life really over or ruined. thnx

its a misominor offense under 500 dollars

Answer 1

1. CPS need to be called. That girl should not live like that. 2. There is no way to prove her innocence (even if she was innocent). Thankfully she is a minor and hopefully the courts will take pity on her. Ask for her to b released into the custody of someone more stable than her family.

Answer 2

From what you've said so far, she stole the shirts (i.e., left the store with them after removing the tags). While her background might get her some sympathy from the judge, she still stole them. Now, your question was cut off, but it seems like you were going on to say that she went back and took more clothes from the store. That isn't going to look good, not matter what her background is. First, get her out of the house she's living in. Secondly, get her a lawyer.

Answer 3

Well first to answer your question "Stealing but innocent?" the answer is no...if she is stealing she is not innocent but guilty of the theft. And with the continuation of your explanation it appears this kid has been stealing for quite a while and is now in the system.

It also appears that the kid is acting out some significant self worth issues and it also appears that unless she is court ordered into counseling she will become one of the many lost kids who will drop off the edge.

I would suggest to you that you write a letter to the judge that will be hearing her case. Ask the judge to keep your letter confidential but explain to him/her that you believe in this kid and then relate to the judge the family situation. Ask the judge to order her into counseling as a part of the sentencing and stress to the judge that you feel that she needs to look at self esteem issues and that through counseling she may be able to reverse the road she is on. The kid herself needs to talk to the judge and ask for some help.

There might be some last glimmer of hope here.

Good luck

Answer 4

If she removed the tags and walked out of the store without paying, she stole the merchandise. She may have problems at home but now has even bigger ones. I just can't believe she "forgot" to pay for over $500 worth of things.

Answer 5

Send her to a camp where they will teach her self value, respect and love. You still have a shot at turning her life around.