17-year-old Karmelo Anthony brought a knife to a Texas track meet and allegedly used it to fatally stab Austin Metcalf

Karmelo Anthony , 17 , allegedly brought a knife to a school-sanctioned track meet in Frisco , Texas , and allegedly used it to fatally stab another student.

Texas law prohibits knives with blades more than 5 1/2 inches long at high school or UIL events.

The presence of a deadly weapon in Anthony ’s backpack at a school track meet hasn’t appeared to faze his parents or his defense lawyer.

Instead, the public attention Anthony 's alleged crime has received has done nothing but apparently embolden them to get their son out of jail, lobby for a not guilty verdict, and line their pockets.