At 1: 30 p.m., "Lockup Number 10" is called. A thin, almost frail woman steps before the arraignment court judge in Courtroom C10 of D.C. Superior Court. The woman had spent the night in jail with a pitstop at a local hospital. She had been charged with simple assault.
Within seconds, her case is no papered.
"This [...]

I am in arraignment court–C 10 to insiders!–to semi-live blog. The courtroom opens at 1 p.m. It is perhaps the saddest room to appear in on a Monday afternoon. It means that you did something to catch the attention of the police and got charged–open container, smoking weed, holding a crack pipe, fighting with a [...]