A 20-year-old man from East Texas jumped into a hastily-arranged marriage after a judge told him last month he had a choice of getting hitched or spending 15 days in jail on an assault charge.
According to court documents, Smith County Judge Randall Rogers gave the option to Josten Bundy, of Tyler, Texas, who was arrested in March on a charge of assault causing bodily injury. Bundy had gotten into a fight with the ex-boyfriend of his then girlfriend, now wife.
The judge said he would grant probation if Bundy married his 19-year-old girlfriend, Elizabeth Jaynes, within 30 days, write Bible verses and attend counseling. If he declined, he would go to jail, according to a transcript of the proceedings.
Photo: Stephane Mahe, Reuters
照片：路透社記者Stephane Mahe攝
The bride’s father was extremely angry at the judge for pressuring the pair into marriage and is looking into whether there was any judicial misconduct during the proceedings. The couple is happy that they have tied the knot, but did not appreciate being forced into it. “It just felt like we weren’t going to be able to have the wedding we wanted,” the new bride said. “I didn’t even have a white dress.”
The newlyweds have posted a photo of their wedding on Facebook taken from the county court.
(Reuters)
一名二十歲來自德州東部的男子閃電結婚了。起因是法官上個月給他兩個選擇，要不就結婚，要不就因攻擊他人的罪由入獄十五天。
法院記錄顯示，提供這選項給喬瑟丁邦迪的，正是史密斯郡法官蘭道羅傑。邦迪乃德州泰勒市人士，三月時因肢體攻擊他人而被起訴，但此攻擊並未造成重大傷害。與邦迪發生肢體衝突的，則是邦迪當時女友的前任男友，而這位當時女友現已是邦迪的老婆。
法官說他可以給予邦迪緩刑，前提是他必須在三十日的期限內與十九歲的女友伊莉莎白珍完婚、抄寫聖經及接受輔導。如果不答應，那就去坐牢。訴訟謄本裡如此記載。
新娘的老爸非常生氣，覺得法官怎能強迫兩人結婚，因此已經在找審判過程的疏失。這對新人倒是很高興他們結婚了。只是，他們不是很喜歡被別人強押著去結婚。「那感覺就好像，我們不能舉行一場我們想要的婚禮。」新娘說。「我甚至沒有白色的婚紗可以穿。」
這對新人已經在臉書上貼了一張他們在史密斯郡法院結婚的照片。
（來源：路透社。自由時報詹豐造翻譯）
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