Erik Jensen's Sentence

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Erik Jensen’s sentence will be as a youth. Mr. Jensen will receive a charge of tampering with evidence. Other than this small crime, he has done nothing wrong. Sentences Erik will receive are conditional discharge, a fine of $500, and 12 hours of community service every 3 weeks for a year and a half. Erik doesn’t need to go to jail because he didn’t commit a serious crime, but these sentences will teach him that what he did was wrong. What he has done will not necessarily make people look at him like a mad criminal, which will help in reintegrating him back into society. Conditions of his discharge will be, attending school everyday until he finishes, being home at 8pm on weekdays, 9pm on weekends, and not being able to be with his band,

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