The Latina girl's long, shiny locks are piled so high on her head they add inches. But, as the story of her petty crimes unfolds, her hair descends slowly, theatrically, down her back.

She was caught making graffiti. During the crime her hair was pinned up, now the locks attain their final step of freedom right as the judge is about to make his ruling.

The paperwork on both sides of the aisle was not enough to confirm or refute her guilt, so the judge opts for a future court date and releases the teenager on her own recognizance.

Her younger sister waits for her in the gallery. Her air — and her hair — are much less frivolous. She has multiple bobby pins to keep her quaff exactly as intended.

When the two sisters meet, the older one starts to smile a smile of relief, but just as it appears on her face, the younger one smacks her three times on the back of the head.

She only has one word, but repeats it three times:

"Stupid. Stupid. Stupid."