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| Inmates wed, hope to build a life together |
| By San Diego Union-Tribune |
| Published: 12/06/2004 |
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They were partners in crime. Now they're partners in matrimony. Under the fluorescent lights of a Vista courtroom, a young bride and groom exchanged wedding vows from adjoining holding cells with lawyers, bailiffs and court clerks looking on. While a minister performed the marriage rites, the couple pressed their palms against a security window that separated them. They sealed their union by kissing against the glass. Having been sentenced to prison earlier that afternoon, Audrey L. Williams, 23, and Jason Lee Carlock, 25, seized the opportunity to turn their day in Superior Court into their wedding day. The two were arrested in April in connection with a string of thefts across North County. Williams pleaded guilty to grand theft and was sentenced to a two-year prison term. Carlock pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to four years, which he is serving in a separate facility. "Love knows no boundaries," said defense attorney Peter Liss, who represented Carlock. "They were both going to prison and they wanted to do it before they were both pulled apart." Although marriages in courtrooms, jails and prisons are somewhat common, authorities agree it's unusual for two people in custody to tie the knot. More often, the weddings occur between one inmate and a person on the outside. The Rev. Harold Weeks, who performed the ceremony, said it was the first time in 15 years he had seen a wedding between two in-custody defendants sentenced for the same crime. |
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