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So telling a judge to go fuck himself ought to get you some time?

• rayiner 10y ago
  I'm sure in a country of 300 million people it's happened before, but I don't know of an actual example, and certainly it doesn't happen enough to register even as a blip in terms of the number of people in jail or prison. People get held in contempt for refusing to cooperate with the legal process. Not turning over documents they are obligated to turn over, not testifying when they are obligated to testify, etc.
  • CalRobert 10y ago
    In fact, it has escalated to far longer terms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vN_PEmeKb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vN_PEmeKb0
    • rayiner 10y ago
      That hearing involved a defendant accused of murder who demanded a new attorney for frivolous reasons. His vulgarity was not just rude--he prevented the hearing from moving forward. That wasted time and taxpayer dollars and also delayed further prosecution of the actual crime. That's a terrible example of a "victimless crime." Also, as far as I know, the "10 year sentence" was just bluster from the judge, who promptly self-reported the exchange and recused himself from the case, not to mention was publicly admonished for it by the court.
  • baddox 10y ago
    I don't know the statistics, but any basic definition of contempt of court gives the two main reasons: disobeying a court order, or being rude to court officials. Being jailed for disrespect is absolutely a major component of contempt of court.