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	Former Fairbanks Pastor Requests to Be Let out of Prison on Bail By Sam Friedman Fairbanks News-Miner December 29, 2011 http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/16928697/article-Former-Fairbanks-pastor-requests-to-be-let-out-of-prison-on-bail?instance=home_news_window_left_top_3 A former Fairbanks pastor convicted of sexual abuse of a minor is asking to be let out on bail while he appeals his case. Shawn Anthony Justice, 33, is serving a seven-year sentence. The details of the proposed bail arrangements were not discussed at a bail hearing Wednesday afternoon because Justice was not available to attend the hearing by telephone from a prison in Colorado. Assistant Public Defender Lori Bodwell mentioned the proposed bail involves a third-party custodian. Assistant District Attorney Gayle Garrigues said it did not make sense to reschedule the bail hearing. “I would object to wasting your time,” she said to Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy. “By law he’s not allowed to be released.” McConahy said he wanted to hear the defense’s argument. He set a new bail hearing for Friday morning. A Fairbanks jury found Justice guilty of eight counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor in November 2010 for having sex with a then-15-year-old girl in 2007. Justice met the victim when he was a pastor at Corinthian Baptist Church. Justice had a previous conviction for having sex with a teenager in a church choir he directed in Virginia when he was 24. Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Former Fairbanks pastor requests to be let out of prison on bail
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