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[dramatic music]

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♪ ♪

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- Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams,
and this is "Court Cam."

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- You should be ashamed
of yourself.

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- I want dude off my case.
[spits]

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- Got a runner.

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[people yelling]

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- Hey!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey!

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- This is not TV court.
This is for real.

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- First up,
we're in Bay City, Michigan,

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for a sentencing hearing.

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21-year-old Madison Shye
has pled no contest

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to assault
with a dangerous weapon.

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A year earlier, while driving,

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Shye got into an altercation
with a pedestrian,

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hitting the woman
with her car.

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The victim was not seriously
injured in the incident

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and has made a full recovery.

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Shye was arrested and released
on $1,250 bond.

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If found guilty,
she could have been facing

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up to four years in prison,

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but Shye took a deal,
pleading no contest,

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and today, she appears
with her attorney

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before Judge Joseph Sheeran
to hear her sentence.

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After the judge sentences Shye
to a year in jail,

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this court security officer

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prepares to remand her
into custody.

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But Shye has no intention
of sticking around.

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Shye bolts for the exit...

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And the officer gives chase.

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She makes it past the gallery,
and then...

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That's Shye's girlfriend,

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who seems to be blocking
the security officer.

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And then appears to trip him.

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Meanwhile, the judge hits
an emergency lock button

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for the courtroom doors.

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He's too late.

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Shye makes it out
to the hallway

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and shows no sign
of slowing down.

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As she turns toward the exit,

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two more officers in this
security area take notice.

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One of the officers
pursues Shye out the door,

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grabs her by the sweatshirt,

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and then they hit
this brick pillar.

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Shye tries to pull away,

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but a second officer arrives.

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The two pull Shye
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and struggle to place her
in cuffs.

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Then, seconds later,

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Shye's girlfriend
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and approaches the officers.

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But a third officer arrives

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and motions for her
to step back.

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The first two officers
drag Shye, who is now cuffed,

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back into the courthouse.

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And they escort her straight
back to the courtroom,

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where Judge Sheeran finds her
in contempt of court

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and sentences her
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93 days in jail.

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No charges were brought
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Next, we head to Houston,
Texas,

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for a bond review hearing.

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19-year-old Latron Ulloa
has been charged with theft.

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A month and a half earlier,

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Ulloa allegedly
stole some clothes

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and other items
from a big box store.

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He was arrested and released
on $100 bond.

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As part of his bond agreement,
the judge ordered Ulloa

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to sign up for high school
equivalency classes

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to work towards earning
his GED.

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Today, Ulloa appears before
Judge David Fleischer

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to discuss his bond status.

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He's represented
by attorney John Dixon.

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- Tell me what you got for me.

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- I want proof.

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I will not take your word
for it.

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- He didn't sign up.

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- He goes with you.

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- I signed up, sir.
- Come on, this way.

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- Show--where's this--
where is it?

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- I--I sent--I got the picture.

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I got the information,
and then I filled it out.

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- Filling out something
is not enough.

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You have to press Send,
and you have to get a date,

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and then get a proof
of confirmation

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that you actually
have your name on a class.

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That's what--

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- The class doesn't open
until July.

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- Yes, the classes are open.

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Did you sign up the class,
and are you actively enrolled?

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Don't send him down.

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- Instead of revoking
his bond,

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the judge gives Ulloa 14 days

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to prove he's signed up
for classes.

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Two weeks later,
the defendant and his lawyer

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return to court.

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- The only thing
I asked you to do

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was sign up for a GED program.

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Did you do that?

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- Yes, sir.

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- You got it?

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- That's great.

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I'm proud of you.

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You cannot go through life,
at the minimum,

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without a high school diploma.

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You will get nowhere.

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- I expect you to fulfill this.

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I'm gonna reset this case
for two weeks,

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and I wanna see that
you have attended this thing

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faithfully,
like you're supposed to.

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If you do, things will go well
between us.

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That's all I'm asking you
to do, is make me proud.

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Just show up.

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- Yes, sir.
- Get it done.

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All right?
- Yes, sir.

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Okay.

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And thank you so much, Mr. D.
That's great.

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Good job.

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- Two weeks later,
Ulloa returned to court

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with proof that he'd begun
attending classes

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in a GED program.

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His case was dismissed.

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- Next, we go to White Cloud,
Michigan,

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for a bond hearing.

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33-year-old Consuelo Kempher

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has been charged with failing
to pay child support.

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According to the state,

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Kempher's in arrears
on two cases

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for a total of $3,000

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after not making
a child support payment

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in four years.

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She's being held in jail
on two $500 bonds.

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Today, she appears before
Referee Michael Paige

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two discuss next steps
in the case.

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- Ma'am, um, I'm the referee
of the court

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assigned to handle
these matters.

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At the conclusion
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I'll make a recommendation
that'll become a court order.

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You do have the right
to have a lawyer.

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If you wish, you can hire one,

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or I can hire one for you,

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or you can proceed without
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Do you know what
you'd like to do?

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- No, no it's fine
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- Okay.

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- The last time I was in here,
my mom was severely sick.

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Since then,
she has passed away.

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I just missed her burial
last Saturday.

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I have a job with
Native American Amusement

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in Battle Creek waiting for me.

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I can have my boss

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send you guys my whole paycheck

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if I'm able to get let off.

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'Cause my fiancé's
already arranged for me

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a ride back to Battle Creek.

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He can't pay my bonds now.

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- How much could he pay?

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- He's not gonna be able
to pay any of it

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because he has to pay to get me
a ride back there.

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I can pay you guys 150
within a week.

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- Ma'am, your bond
is $1,000 total,

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and you haven't made a payment
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Where have you been working
the last four years?

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- I haven't been working

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because I've had issues
with my health.

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- Well, that's unfortunate,

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but you have
a child support order

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to pay out arrears,
and you've not paid it.

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It's not like you haven't
paid it in four months;

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we're talking four years.

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You can't tell me that
in four years--

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- I understand that.
I completely understand that.

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- To make one payment.

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You haven't paid anything.

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- I am--like I said,
my job's lined up,

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it's just waiting for me
to get there.

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It's a year-round job.

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It's not like
the carnival's there,

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and then they're gone,
and then it's done.

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[pounds table]
It's a year-round job.

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I can travel with the carnival.

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- Okay.
- And I will make sure

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the payments are made.

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- Then why haven't you
made an effort

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to find a job, though,
in the last four years

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to be able to make payments?

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You've had some jobs that
you had talked about

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previous times when we had
child support hearings.

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What happened to those?
- Those fell through.

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But I'm wiling to take
my whole check

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from Native American Amusements

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and send it to you guys

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if I'm able to be
released today.

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- After hearing her out,

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the referee decides to give
Kempher a small break.

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- I'll lower the bond
so you only

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have to pay 500
instead of 1,000.

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So 45 days on each case
would be imposed

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with a $250 bond.

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You'll either serve 45 days,

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or if 250 is paid on each case,
then you can be released.

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- Can I please get out today?

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My mom just got buried
yesterday.

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- Well, that's unfortunate,
but--

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- And I have a job lined up
and everything.

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You can object
to my recommendation

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and have the hearing
with the judge if you wish,

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or you can accept it.

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Do you know what
you'd like to do?

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- [sobs]

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There's no way that
you can just let me out?

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- Uh, Miss Heaven, she has
answered the question.

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I guess it'll be a hearing
with the judge.

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- Okay.

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- [sobbing]

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- Kempher failed
to pay her bond,

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so she served 45 days in jail.

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She still owes $500
in court fines,

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and she's currently in custody
in another county

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on an unrelated charge.

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Kempher's also still
in arrears

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for over $3,000
in child support payments.

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- Next, we go
to Green Bay, Wisconsin,

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for a sentencing hearing.

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40-year-old Joshua Scolman has
been convicted

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of first-degree
intentional homicide

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and attempted first-degree
intentional homicide.

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Scolman was already in prison

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serving a 51-year sentence
for killing three people

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in a 2006 drunk driving crash

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when, 16 years
into that sentence,

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he stabbed 25-year-old inmate

264
00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:26,786
Timothy Nabors Jr.
in the stomach

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00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,488
using a handmade knife

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00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:32,125
that was inscribed
with a swastika.

267
00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:34,794
Scolman then chased after
and attacked

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00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:38,398
26-year-old inmate
Lamonte Washington

269
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before corrections officers
managed to subdue him

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with pepper spray.

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♪ ♪

272
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Nabors was taken to a hospital

273
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but died from his injuries
six days later.

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♪ ♪

275
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Washington suffered
only minor injuries

276
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and made a full recovery.

277
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Scolman didn't know
either of the two victims

278
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and later wrote
to a fellow inmate

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that he only attacked the men

280
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because they were Black.

281
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He was charged
and pled not guilty

282
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by reason of insanity,

283
00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:10,363
but following
a competency hearing,

284
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he was deemed competent
to stand trial,

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00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:14,968
and after a four-day trial,

286
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a jury found him guilty
on both charges.

287
00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:22,642
Today, Scolman appears
before Judge Donald Zuidmulder

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to hear his sentence.

289
00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:28,615
But first, family members
of Tim Nabors

290
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deliver victim
impact statements,

291
00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:34,587
beginning with his father,
Tim Nabors Sr.

292
00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:37,423
- I knew I would get
an opportunity

293
00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:40,660
to look at you, to tell you

294
00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:45,231
you killed somebody
that meant a lot--

295
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♪ ♪

296
00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:50,436
- When the defendant smiles
during his statement,

297
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Nabors takes exception.

298
00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,240
- I don't give a [bleep]
about you.

299
00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:56,643
You laugh--
- Just a second, sir.

300
00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:58,311
Just a second.
- [bleep].

301
00:12:58,444 --> 00:12:59,545
- I can't allow this.

302
00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,614
- Coward-ass mother[bleep].

303
00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:04,684
- That's gonna have to be--
sir--

304
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,487
- Talk to him.
- You listen to me.

305
00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:10,590
You have a right to address me,
but you may not

306
00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:14,327
disrupt or cause a dangerous
situation in my courtroom,

307
00:13:14,427 --> 00:13:15,328
which you just did.

308
00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:16,329
So--

309
00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:17,430
- Okay, Your Honor.

310
00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:19,232
I apologize.

311
00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:22,669
- You interrupt me one more
time and you're out of here.

312
00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,837
You let me finish.

313
00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,839
Otherwise, I'm
gonna have to have you

314
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ejected from my courtroom.

315
00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:32,879
- Judge Zuidmulder then
briefly leaves the courtroom

316
00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:36,482
before returning
a short while later.

317
00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,184
- Go right ahead.

318
00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:40,753
- You put my family and my
people through an immense pain

319
00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:42,021
that we'll never get over.

320
00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,158
If this happened
on the streets,

321
00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:48,394
I would have done nothing
but hunted you down,

322
00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:52,265
and I would be on trial
for my life myself.

323
00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:55,268
And that's all I gotta say.

324
00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:57,403
- When he's finished,
the defendant

325
00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,238
is given a chance to speak.

326
00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:03,176
- I'm a weapon that
I was meant to be.

327
00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:06,512
I've been fashioned this way
for my entire life.

328
00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,315
I simply do
what I am meant to do.

329
00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:11,517
A weapon does not
ask questions.

330
00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:14,721
It does not feel remorse.

331
00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:17,223
I don't even know what that is.

332
00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,458
I don't care.

333
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,593
What do I care?

334
00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:24,163
- Scolman's words get a
reaction from Nabors' family.

335
00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:26,032
- [bleep]
- They are not human beings.

336
00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:28,735
- You punk-ass [bleep]!
- They are not human beings.

337
00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:32,038
They do not have souls.

338
00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:35,842
They are not from this world.

339
00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:39,078
- The judge leaves
the courtroom a second time.

340
00:14:39,145 --> 00:14:42,081
His deputies step in
to restore order.

341
00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:44,117
- All rise.

342
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:47,286
- When things calm down,
Judge Zuidmulder returns

343
00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:50,256
and delivers the final word.

344
00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:55,595
- We, as a specie, have this
terrible, terrible dark side,

345
00:14:55,661 --> 00:15:00,433
where some of us
believe that anybody

346
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,735
who is different than us

347
00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:07,273
or disagrees with us
must be exterminated.

348
00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:11,711
Do I need to recite,
historically,

349
00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:14,747
the horrible crimes
that have been done

350
00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:18,618
in the name of "I am a weapon"

351
00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,720
and "I am a purifier"?

352
00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:23,723
♪ ♪

353
00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:27,627
It just causes--it causes one
to pause and almost lose--

354
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:28,861
lose their breath.

355
00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:30,430
♪ ♪

356
00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:35,134
So considering the protection
of the public, on count one,

357
00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:36,736
it's the sentence of the court
of the judgment of law

358
00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:38,838
that you be confined
in the Wisconsin state prison

359
00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:41,407
for the rest of your
natural life.

360
00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:43,609
And that sentence is
consecutive to any sentence

361
00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:45,645
you're now serving.

362
00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:48,080
- When Scolman's finished
serving his original

363
00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:51,217
51-year sentence,
he'll begin his life sentence

364
00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:53,286
for the murder
of Timothy Nabors

365
00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:56,422
and the attempted murder
of Lamonte Washington.

366
00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:58,758
He'll have no chance
of parole.

367
00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:00,193
♪ ♪

368
00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:05,832
- Next, we go
to Detroit, Michigan,

369
00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:08,935
for a probation review
hearing.

370
00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:10,937
♪ ♪

371
00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:13,873
42-year-old Taquela Bates
has been convicted

372
00:16:14,006 --> 00:16:15,808
of criminal trespass.

373
00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:17,877
♪ ♪

374
00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:20,746
Three and a half years
earlier, Bates was arrested

375
00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,850
after being spotted
at a Michigan casino.

376
00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:27,186
She'd recently added herself
to Michigan's

377
00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,423
Voluntary Disassociated
Persons List,

378
00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:33,392
a program for admitted
problem gamblers

379
00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:36,829
who pledge to not
visit casinos.

380
00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:39,632
If participants do
and they're caught,

381
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:42,935
they're immediately
subject to arrest.

382
00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:45,104
Bates pled guilty to the
charge and was sentenced

383
00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:47,440
to 12 months' probation.

384
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,576
As part of her sentence,
she was ordered to pay a fine,

385
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:54,514
seek gambling counseling,
and join Gamblers Anonymous.

386
00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,716
But after Bates
missed a court date

387
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,418
and failed to join
Gamblers Anonymous,

388
00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:02,522
she was ordered
before the court.

389
00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:05,358
Today, she appears before
Judge E. Lynise Bryant

390
00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:07,994
to discuss next steps
in the case.

391
00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:11,697
Bates is represented by public
defender Janice Stevenson.

392
00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,033
- Today is a day
set for review,

393
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:19,105
and I do have a report from
probation, which is not good.

394
00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:21,607
Now, that's your problem.

395
00:17:21,674 --> 00:17:23,409
It's not helping you,
so you probably

396
00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:25,411
just wanna not respond.

397
00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,013
♪ ♪

398
00:17:27,113 --> 00:17:28,814
- Bates's microphone
has been muted,

399
00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:31,684
and she doesn't
seem happy about it.

400
00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,185
- Probably part
of the problem is,

401
00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:36,355
she might have had the same
attitude then that she got now.

402
00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,424
♪ ♪

403
00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:39,859
Stop talking, ma'am.

404
00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,394
♪ ♪

405
00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,162
I know the difference.

406
00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:46,465
Your eyes turning to the side,
your head turning to the side,

407
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,200
your head is what--
you're continuing

408
00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:51,070
to talk when I'm talking,
which is not gonna be--

409
00:17:51,203 --> 00:17:52,838
work out good for you.

410
00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:55,207
♪ ♪

411
00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:57,576
Let's just do this. All right.

412
00:17:57,677 --> 00:17:59,478
You talked to Ms. Bates
in a breakout room

413
00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,847
about her non-attitude
and the fact

414
00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:04,483
that her body language
says she has attitude.

415
00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,519
She got them sunglasses
on top of her head,

416
00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:08,154
which I first didn't tell her
to take off.

417
00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,755
She looking up in the sky.

418
00:18:09,855 --> 00:18:11,390
I'll send her
to a breakout room,

419
00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:13,159
which she may not
be able to see

420
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,760
'cause her eyes
up in the ceiling.

421
00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,929
♪ ♪

422
00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,397
And then I'm gonna
take a break.

423
00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:19,832
Okay?

424
00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,634
- After a brief discussion,

425
00:18:21,734 --> 00:18:24,604
Bates and her attorney
return to the call.

426
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:25,771
- Ms. Stevenson?

427
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:29,475
- Ms. Bates has
had a lot of issues

428
00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:32,612
going on, Your Honor, which
are kind of personal in nature.

429
00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,680
So I was hoping--
- Me too.

430
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,083
I got a lot of
personal issues going on.

431
00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:38,551
- Me too. Me too.

432
00:18:38,651 --> 00:18:41,153
And I--
- I mean, just a lot--a lot.

433
00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,956
I mean, a lot.

434
00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:47,994
It's just overwhelming
at times.

435
00:18:48,094 --> 00:18:49,428
Okay.

436
00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:53,766
- She understands that
you have not created

437
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,168
the situations that
she has to deal with.

438
00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:58,638
I just want the court
to give Ms. Bates

439
00:18:58,738 --> 00:19:03,843
the opportunity to continue
toward compliance, Your Honor.

440
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:06,479
- Today wouldn't have even
been an issue

441
00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:09,882
if Ms. Bates had
come on here respectful.

442
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,717
Ma'am, put your hand down.

443
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,686
Put your hand down.
It's my turn.

444
00:19:13,786 --> 00:19:15,187
We're not in school.

445
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:18,958
Then, when I pointed out that
Ms. Bates had an attitude--

446
00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:20,826
because I know attitude
when I see it,

447
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,228
because I know what it mean
when you're looking up

448
00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:23,596
in the ceiling like this--

449
00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:30,670
♪ ♪

450
00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,506
Because I know what
attitude means.

451
00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:35,641
Because I know how
to roll my eyes

452
00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:37,777
and smack my lips
with the best of them.

453
00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,879
♪ ♪

454
00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:42,481
At the end of the day,
she put her name on the list

455
00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:45,217
and consented to being
treated as a criminal,

456
00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:47,153
and she violated that list.

457
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:49,555
I didn't do that.

458
00:19:49,622 --> 00:19:54,060
- Ultimately, Judge Bryant
decides to give Bates a break.

459
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:57,229
- And Ms. Bates still has
until October of this year

460
00:19:57,363 --> 00:19:59,832
to come into compliance
with the probation.

461
00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:05,004
So we're gonna continue the
probation to its conclusion.

462
00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:07,239
- Later, Bates was a no-show

463
00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:09,241
for a scheduled
court appearance,

464
00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:13,112
and a warrant was issued
for her arrest.

465
00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:15,047
That's it for this edition
of "Court Cam."

466
00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,482
I'm Dan Abrams.

467
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:17,650
Thanks for watching.

468
00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:22,088
♪ ♪