Chapter 22 - Sentencing

Ryan received:
Six years.
Two suspended.
Four years to serve.
Supervision afterward.
No contact with me except through legal processes.
Restitution for specified medical and legal losses.
The judge emphasized:
Pregnancy.
Use of an object as a weapon.
Financial coercion.
Planning around the documents.
Ryan had no prior criminal record.
That mattered too.
Melissa received:
Thirty months.
A portion suspended.
Approximately eighteen months to serve under the final structure.
Financial penalties.
Restrictions on certain advisory roles during supervision.
May you like
No hundred-year fantasy sentence.
Just consequences.