While I completely agree with everything you just said, i do not like the fact that a judge can put a person in jail for a year because he doesn't like the way said person talked to him. That is just begging to be abused and is entirely too subjective for this sort of punishment.
I would love to see this judges sentencing record and what other crimes he has given similar sentences for. Lets say he gives someone who has committed breaking and entering the same sentence, is her pissing a judge off the same danger to society as breaking and entering (or whatever) and therefore deserving the same sentence? I personally don't think so.
-Knock- -Knock-.
'Good evening, I want to repeal contempt of court. I don't think a judge should be able to put you in jail for acting like an ass in the court room. . . Would you sign my petition?'
-SLAM-
Londo never went to college (or at least never finished). It all makes sense now.
Londo never went to college (or at least never finished). It all makes sense now.
There are some seriously delusional people posting in this thread. I can only hope for their sakes that their ramblings are the result of temporary inebriation or some other disability
This woman is obviously a danger to people around her and doesn't respect any kind of rules or authority. She should be in jail for years, not just 300 days, but 300 days will be a good start. No doubt once she comes out she'll assault someone else or commit some other crime and be in jail again anyway.
This. It's shameful how our military has been reduced to catering to all these "Woe is me I have teh PTSD" crybaby bullcrap instead of making them man up and get out there.
I can see 30 days, but 300 is power tripping.
She wouldn't have any days if she was able to control herself.
Is asking people to control themselves really considered power tripping? She kept egging the judge on, so he kept piling on the sentence. Anybody with half a brain would have realized after the first contempt of court that "hey I need to keep my mouth shut now or it will get worse".
Wish I understood why people were so nasty. It really doesn't take much to give people the benefit of the doubt that we're more likely to be on the whole... good. What does all this vitriol achieve?
People cheering, enjoying themselves, over criminals being punished by a system that is necessary to maintain law and order and which shouldn't be vengeful or malicious itself but apparently is. Revenge isn't just. oh.
So many hateful people living their lives vicariously through whoever happens to be able to provide some kind of justifiable narrative for the pleasure they think they need, that vengeful lust, which I admit is natural, i guess, but which should be taken care of by playing the new saints row 4 and and not by the experience of joy or ignorant indignation at the expense of others, just because it meets some standard which turns off your empathy switch.
This woman is obviously profoundly stupid, and likely unwell in many respects. Maybe if the US had some kind of mental health infrastructure or social conscience a lot of these people would be better behaved. Maybe if they had any hope at all then they wouldn't behave as if they don't. In any case, what does it hurt to believe this while simultaneously believing in law and order and giving her something reasonable like 30 days or, shit, i don't know, maybe even 90. They can't use contempt of court for some other purpose, like some ad hoc device for the greater good (protection for the grandmother or whatever).
Hey judge, asshole much? Double it. Double it again.
<useless drivel snipped>
As usual, seeking to blame someone else for the actions of this idiot that got her in the clink for 300 days. It's nobody's fault but her own. Nobody forced her to be disrespectful, nobody made her continue to be disrespectful when she was found in contempt... and so it's nobody's fault but her own when she has to deal with the results.
Less whining about poor little criminals, more accountability for their actions.
Wish I understood why people were so nasty. It really doesn't take much to give people the benefit of the doubt that we're more likely to be on the whole... good. What does all this vitriol achieve?
Jud, aren't you glad you learned how to type? I noticed you on that typing thread. No other questions at this time.
My take is the woman is stupid. Definitely deserves jail time for contempt of court. However, the judge went off his rocker too hard too. A judge is suppose to remain impartial and as unemotional as possible. Too much emotion will cloud good judgement. Unfortunately, the judge won't be reprimanded for his actions of behaving like a child almost as much as the woman.