Janis Francesca Mann's Legal Cases (3)

Criminal defense

State of Georgia v. J.T.D.

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OUTCOME: My young client is eligible for parole, instead of life in prison.

J.T.D. was 15 years old when he confessed to murdering a neighbor, an older man who was giving him and a friend a ride home. The victim's body was found on the side of the road, abandoned after he was ... shot from behind. J.T.D. confessed after being told that his co-defendant had already spoken to police and implicated him in the murder. With my client facing the possibility of life in prison without parole, I searched behind the media headlines to learn the whole story of what had happened. By learning my client's story and understanding what lead up to this tragic event, I was able to negotiate a sentence that made J.T.D. eligible for parole, giving him something to live for, rather than settling for a life behind prison walls with nothing to lose.

Criminal defense

State of Georgia v. P.L.D.

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OUTCOME: Thirteen year old's adult case moved to juvenile court, with therapeutic sanctions.

P.L.D. was 13 years old when he was arrested for aggravated child molestation of his siblings. P.L.D. was a child himself, having barely started puberty when he was arrested. The State saw the allegati ... ons against him and looked no further, charging him as an adult. I refused to believe that P.L.D. was the monster that the State portrayed him to be. After months of developing a relationship with P.L.D., I finally learned about the sexual abuse he had suffered, which began before he started kindergarten. Despite being indicted as an adult in Superior Court, P.L.D.'s case was sent back to Juvenile Court, where he was given the opportunity for intensive treatment and to continue his education before returning back to a stable home environment, all before his 18th birthday.

Criminal defense

State of Georgia v. R.M.C.

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OUTCOME: Parolee released on time; avoided additional 2 years.

Fewer than 60 days before R.M.C. was scheduled to be released from prison on parole, he was issued a disciplinary report and found guilty of involvement in an officer at the prison being stabbed. R.M.C ... .'s release date was in jeopardy and he was faced with the possibility of "maxing out" his sentence by spending another 2 years in custody. I successfully argued that simply being found guilty of a prison disciplinary issue, without evidence that would be credible in Superior Court, was not sufficient to keep R.M.C. in prison for longer. He returned home to his family, without any additional time spent in prison.

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