Yawn your way to jail

Apparently now we can yawn our way to prison. Not just a couple of days but as long as half a year. In a Chicago courtroom on July 23; Clifton William, 33, found this out. The yawn occurred during Williams cousins; Jason Mayfield; sentencing for drug charges. Judge Daniel Rozak charged Mr. Williams with contempt of court and sentenced him six months for his “obscene” yawn.

Williams can possibly be released earlier then his sentence, he has a hearing set for Thursday, August 13, where he will be required to personally apologize to Judge Rozak for his horrible behavior. If he apologizes he still would have spent 21 days in jail.

What is wrong with this country? All I ever hear about is how the prisons are overfilled. How we don’t have the money to continue to pay for all the jails we already have, and what do we do we put people in jail for yawning. Seriously this is the dumbest thing ever. I really think Judge Daniel Rozak should be forced to step down. This really is an incredible abuse of power. He stole almost a month of this Mr. Williams life because he’s on a power trip. We don’t need judges like him, and we don’t need non-violent prisoners in general.

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Tags: Chicago, Clifton Williams, Contempt, Daniel Rozak, Prison, Yawning