A bond reduction request by the defense lawyer representing a 10-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his mother because she would not order him a virtual reality headset has been denied.
The attorney said the child cannot afford the set bond and requested it lowered from $50,000 to $100, the amount of money in his piggy banks.
Attorney Angela Cunningham made the request during a Dec. 14 hearing, stating her underage client, who is being charged as an adult in accordance with Wisconsin law, has no source of income to meet the bond set for his release.
According to Cunningham, the only money the child has is his savings and he hoped that would be enough for the court to consider his plight.
“My team and I have spoken to him about his ability to post anything. He told us about piggy banks with savings that he had from gifts, from birthday gifts and…
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