Pity the Fool
Anquin St. Junious, 32, can scarcely walk and can only feed himself with a special lightweight spoon, said his attorney. The La Crosse, Wisc., man is accused of stabbing a bartender before he was badly beaten himself. But although St. Junious sat “motionless” in a wheelchair in court, Judge Scott Horne concluded the defendant was less disabled than dishonest: surveillance video shows that while awaiting his court hearing, St. Junious was doing pushups in jail. So instead of releasing him over his supposedly poor medical condition as his attorney had requested, the judge doubled his bond. St. Junious “left the courtroom humiliated,” a reporter noted. (AC/La Crosse Tribune) ...Advice to his lawyer: Check for video cameras at the crime scene before arguing his innocence at trial.Original Publication Date: 29 January 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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