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US Judges are pretty ruthless too, esp. in their own courtroom -- if they see this is just a spam law suite / mocking the courtroom I wouldn't be surprised to s

US Judges are pretty ruthless too, esp. in their own courtroom -- if they see this is just a spam law suite / mocking the courtroom I wouldn't be surprised to see people getting tossed into contempt. If they feel like the courts' time is being wasted they get really pissed. Don't mess with judges. [i][ii] [i] http://www.gainesville.com/news/20170227/gainesville-man-gets-6-months-for-using-facebook-live-in-court http://www.gainesville.com/news/20170227/gainesville-man-get... [ii] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssujwibxOlA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssujwibxOlA

throwawayjava 9y ago
I mean, it sounds like he was trying help intimidate already fidgety witnesses. That's not just wasting the court's time.
- foota 9y ago
  What? I don't have context for what else has occurred, but it sounds like the lawyer in this case was objecting to the bond that the judge put on his client?
  - throwawayjava 9y ago
    Person A was on trial for (attempted?) murder. Person B posts to InstaFaceGram that Person A will be free soon. Person B then shows up to court and starts live-streaming the court proceedings, included of witnesses, to a sketch-sounding Facebook group. Person B then lies to judge about what he was doing and so the judge throws him in jail for 6 months for contempt. The probable witness tampering probably had something to do with the harsh contempt punishment.
    - foota 9y ago
      Ohhhhh. I see where I was wrong. I had only watched the second reference in op's post. Thank you for explaining.
pooloo1 9y ago
Would it really be the people getting on the judges nerves or the corporation at fault?
jlgaddis 9y ago
Even if a judge decided your lawsuit was completely frivolous, I'm pretty sure most would just throw it out -- not throw you in jail for contempt. Now, if you filed dozens of similar frivolous lawsuits in the same court...

throwawayjava 9y ago

I mean, it sounds like he was trying help intimidate already fidgety witnesses. That's not just wasting the court's time.

foota 9y ago
What? I don't have context for what else has occurred, but it sounds like the lawyer in this case was objecting to the bond that the judge put on his client?
- throwawayjava 9y ago
  Person A was on trial for (attempted?) murder. Person B posts to InstaFaceGram that Person A will be free soon. Person B then shows up to court and starts live-streaming the court proceedings, included of witnesses, to a sketch-sounding Facebook group. Person B then lies to judge about what he was doing and so the judge throws him in jail for 6 months for contempt. The probable witness tampering probably had something to do with the harsh contempt punishment.
  - foota 9y ago
    Ohhhhh. I see where I was wrong. I had only watched the second reference in op's post. Thank you for explaining.

pooloo1 9y ago

Would it really be the people getting on the judges nerves or the corporation at fault?

jlgaddis 9y ago

Even if a judge decided your lawsuit was completely frivolous, I'm pretty sure most would just throw it out -- not throw you in jail for contempt. Now, if you filed dozens of similar frivolous lawsuits in the same court...