Hello friends,
A bunch of us went to Jesse’s court date today. Though we were hoping that Jesse would come home with us today, that did not happen. For violating his probation in Santa Clara County, Jesse has to stay in jail for 31 more days. (That is not literally what he was sentenced to, but that is how much he will have to serve. The legal math is really confusing and a bit absurd, and if you want to talk about it more, send me a message and I’ll try to explain it to you.)
Though we were all disappointed about not getting to be with Jesse, 31 days isn’t so bad, particularly since the probation department seemed determined to give him a year in prison. Jesse’s lawyer thought that was ridiculous and the judge didn’t really think it was fair either, so this is what we’ve got. Jesse will be transferred to the minimum security part of the jail, where he will have to do work and have a lot of crappy interactions with people that he hasn’t met yet, but he will get to spend more time outside and have contact visits instead of through plexiglass.
Jesse’s lawyer, Dan Mayfield, has been really awesome. He thought this was going to be a much simpler case and was a little surprised that the probation department would try so hard to send our friend to prison. Dan fought really hard for Jesse and worked on his case for free. The only compensation he’s had is the two lattes we bought him. I am going to send Dan a Thank You card, and I hope other people will do the same.
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting Jesse through all of this.
Stay strong and keep fighting!
Is there an address where we can write to Dan?
Is Jesse’s mailing address still the same?