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Toothless Prostitute

How did Marie Shaper, charged with prostitution, lose most of her teeth by age 24? When I met her, she was in custody, in the courtroom.When my clients are transported from the county jail to court they are dressed in construction worker orange jumpsuits, and handcuffed by the wrists and ankles. The anklecuffs and handcuffs are loosely chained together, so the inmate can ambulate slowly, but looks like she is hogtied.Already mostly toothless, her skin was old and leathery for a 24 year old. Her blond hair was brittle. I did not believe she was so young, and thought that there was a mistake in the police report. I asked her for her date of birth, ?8/12/83?. 24.Weird thing is, in her prison garb, I could still see how she had wasted her beauty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Night Court on October 16, 2007 (boomark / email).