From a Michigan court hearing regarding a citation for an unkempt property, which was held on Zoom in January.

judge: All right. You have a ticket for failing to keep a walkway, sidewalk, or alley free of leaves, trees, or other vegetation. This is a first-offense civil infraction. You can plead responsible, responsible with an explanation, or not responsible.

defendant: I am a cancer patient. I am very old, ma’am, and I am a cancer patient. I was then very weak, very weak. And during this time I could not look after…