ms. walker, as i've detailed in the motion, is a young woman who unfortunately has had a lot go wrong for her. she's been bounced around in foster care, and at the time of this incident she was homeless. she was living on the streets and the broadway neighborhood, we all know, isn't very good. she was on the streets out of necessity. she didn't have a stable home life to go to. she got caught up with the wrong crowd and this confrontation resulted in her taking steps that she understands now were not appropriate and she is here today to take responsibility for that. since this has occurred, her family has rallied around her and made the adjustments to where if she was to be released on probation she could stay with them immediately. probation is going to hold her accountable. she's not going to be living on the streets. she wants to get as far away from broadway as possible. she's young enough and she's smart enough that if she were given a chance on probation, i think she would succeed. and that is why i think rehabilitation at this point is more proper than imprisonment. thank you, judg

ms. walker has in fact become. >> the prosecution asserts that a dispute over money is what led to the stabbing. >> to be clear, judge, the eyewitness to this incident indicated that the victim told the defendant that he wasn't going to talk to her and that he didn't owe her any money. that pissed her off because she wanted her money. she went away, she threatened to shoot him. when she came back, she again approached him, went up, slapped him. he slapped her back. that pissed her off. so she grabbed the large butcher knife where she had it hidden in her waist and she stabbed him in the gut. she severed his pancreas, his spleen, his liver, before the knife finally exited the back of his abdomen. she doesn't try to get him help. she doesn't wait for the cops to try to explain what happened. she doesn't take responsibility at the scene. she stabs him, says, i told you not to [ bleep ] with me, and then she leaves the scene. this case could have appropriately been charged as an attempted murder. the question the court has to answer is, is she a public safety risk? and the facts of the case would i

which has been restored by the national park service, to the way it appeared during the last seven years of maggie's life, from 1928 to 1934. however, ms. walker lived in this home beginning in 1905, after purchasing the house in 1904. she took time to have the house advantage of take the most modern conveniences. she would do these changes throughout her time living here in the house. the house becomes a way for her to show what could be done with determination, perseverance, education. if you applied yourself, if you worked hard, you could achieve the same kind of things that maggie walker did. we come into the house, coming and intohe front foyer the parlor, the front room here. find chairs throughout the home, furnishings you might not have expected back in mrs. walker's findday, that belong to african-american woman. what she would do in this home is that she would show what could be done if you applied yourself. day, that belong to african-american woman. what she would do in this home is that she would show what could be done if you applied yourself. she wasn't born wealthy at all. she redirects all her energy, all the knowledge she had