Lawyer Jailed For Turning Off His Phone
from the not-quite-what-you'd-expect dept
There are so many stories about how people keep trying to get others to leave their mobile phones alone -- whether while driving or in restaurants or at a performance. However, this story goes in the other direction. Many courthouses actually ban the use of mobile phones, but apparently that's not the case at the courthouse in this story. A judge who was trying to reach a lawyer during his lunch break about a case, later ordered the lawyer to leave his mobile phone on. The lawyer refused and was sent to jail. The article says the lawyer gave no reason for refusing, but it's hard to understand what law would require you to leave your phone on for a judge to call you whenever he wants.
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This works for many news sites.
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Judges rule.
Laws? We don't need no stinkin' laws!
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