Diane arrived at the police station and walked up to the reception, there was a man in front of her who was reporting his wallet getting stolen, and soon it was her turn.

"Diane Lockhart, Lawyer for Grace Florrick" she said and was taken to an interview room. A few moments later and an officer brought Grace through; Grace looked confused she was sure it would be her Mum that would be there.

"Grace, my name is Diane Lockhart, I work with your Mum" Diane said

"Where is my Mum?" Grace asked quietly, her eyes were firmly on the floor, she had never been so embarrassed in her life

"In court, I've left her a message, I'm here because when a child needs to be interviewed by the police an appropriate adult has to be here, the police tried to call you Mum and your Grandma, but weren't able to get through, in that case a lawyer is called"

"Right, but my Mum will come, won't she?"

"Of course she will, now I'm going to ask for a few moments alone with you, away from the police, so you can tell me what happened? OK"

"Yes" Grace replied, her eyes still down on the floor.

"OK, now first, why did the police arrest you?"

"I stole a dress from a shop, but they told me to do it, I didn't want to do it, but they told me to"

"Who told you to?" Diane asked

"Some girls from my school, I was trying to get them to like me, I just wanted them to by my friends, and my Mum is going to be so angry"

"Well, I think she probably will, but lets not worry about that just now, OK"

"Miss Lockhart, can you please help me, I don't want to go to jail"

"I'm going to do the best I can, now let me go out and speak to the policeman OK"

Diane went back out to speak to the duty officer

"Is holding her really necessary, it's her first offence, and she is just a child who has been having a tough time" Diane pleaded, it wasn't often that the police would let someone go, but was worth a try.

"Miss Lockhart, Grace tried to steal a $400 dress, this wasn't candy from a candy store"

"I understand that, but if you could show a little bit of compassion, she was just trying to make friends at her new school and made a bad choice"

"I'll speak to one of the ASA's, see if I can let her go with a warning this time"

"Thank you that would be appreciated"

Diane went back into the interview room that Grace was sitting in, "I have spoken to the office outside to see if we can get away without prosecuting" Diane knew it depended on which ASA it was that came down, if it was one that was in Peters pocket or Glenn Childs, she was hoping for the best. Luckily for them it was the former and Grace was free to go with a warning, although Grace was sure Alicia wouldn't let her go with just a warning

Again, not sure of all the legal stuff, I know that here you can get a warning for shoplifting for the first time, but don't know about America. A warning here stays on your record for a couple of years and can mean that if you get into trouble again it will be worse.