Mabel Livingston is clearly guilty of hiring a private detective to cover up her son’s crimes. This led to property damage and left her son free to make trouble. However, Ms. Livingston is an elderly woman. She has a long history of supporting charities and the community. She seems to care about people and is not likely to hurt them intentionally.

Prosecutors could charge Ms. Livingston with crimes such as obstruction of justice or conspiracy to destroy evidence. In most states, a typical sentence for those crimes would involve up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail.

What are the pros and cons of sending Ms. Livingston to jail?

The Prosecutors could charge Ms. Livingston with crimes such as obstruction of justice because she is letting her son commit crimes and is covering up all evidence against him which is allowing him to go scot free and as a woman of justice she should know that every will be punished for their wrong actions so she should have let her son be responsible for his actions she shouldn't try to cover his crimes because when the truth is revealed her reputation would be more damaged than if she had exposed her son bad crimes and if she had said her crimes it might have boost up her reputation because people would see that no matter or who that person that is guilty is to her she would make sure that they get the right punishment due to their crimes.