Man Jailed for Yawning.

[SpideyInATree]

To put perspective on the situation. I was in court recently and the defendant's mother called the judge: "a worthless, dickless, ignorant piece of ****"

She was held in contempt for 24 hours.

That dude must have been yawning really loudly.

I respect the judge's decision because he's the judge and that's what he does, but I think no matter which why you slice it yawning alone shouldn't be reason for 6 months.

Hopefully the guy was being rude and disrupting in another way altogether.

As I said in the end of my statement there. It does seem harsh to get the full contempt charge for a yawn. Though we do not know how often the yawning was or how loud. Nor does it say whether the judge warned. I've been in court and had many individuals screaming bloody murder at the judge and the judge will calmly say, "Stop now or you will be held in contempt of court and it won't help your case at hand..." Most times people shut up but other times the judge will do, as you said, sentence them to twenty four hours but then the judge will freakin' throw the book at them for what they were in there for.

As Kel and I said earlier...don't mess with the judge. It's not worth it.