If Bundy declined the judge's proposition, he would face 15 days in jail. "That would have been fine and I asked if I could call my job [to let them know]," Bundy said. "The judge told me 'nope, that's not how this works.'" Bundy was also ordered to write Bible verses and get counselling. Jaynes said she was embarrassed after hearing the judge's proposal. "My face was so red, people behind me were laughing," said Jaynes. "[The judge] made me stand up in court."
Bundy said he was afraid of losing his job if he went to jail for two weeks, so the couple had no choice but to get a marriage licence instead. While the couple had talked about getting married six months into dating, they are upset that Rogers took away the opportunity to have the wedding that they wanted. "It was just going to be kind of pieced together, I didn't even have a white dress," Jaynes said. "My father didn't get to go, and that really bothers me," Bundy said.
"I know he would have liked to be there ... none of my sisters got to show up, it was such short notice, I couldn't get it together." Some legal experts say that the order is illegal. "To say you're not going to be criminally punished if you get married is way out of left field," attorney Blake Bailey said. "It sounds like the old days of shotgun weddings, but not even the judge is capable of enforcing, what he thinks is best for some people in his court." The judge hasn't commented publicly on the sentencing. Bundy and Jaynes say that they plan to have a bigger wedding in the future when they can save enough money.
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3 comments:
Well that's just stunning. It reads like a story from The Onion, but there are many news outlets running with it. I even looked to see if Snopes had anything to say on the matter but found nothing.
Either way, screw Texas. I wish they WOULD secede. That state is an embarrassment to this country and contains all the seeds of a theocracy.
I would have taken the 15 days in jail. Then, upon coming out, I would've said to the woman, "I'm sorry, Honey. I've ... met someone ..."
Lurker111
This is so ridiculous. Judges are not following any written law, they make it up as they go along. I don't think judges should have any kind of power. They're there to serve the public and to keep them safe. Clearly the law is a joke.
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