Jail for a seat belt violation?

Must have had unpaid tickets or something


Or been a total dick to the cop

Repeat offender or fricked the judges daughter

I got held in contempt once. For two hours.

Called the defense attorney a stupid motherfricker on the stand.

If you miss court and get picked up on a bench warrant the judge gives you the option of either paying the ticket or serving time instead. You'd be surprised how many people opt to just serve a few days.

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Reading the court action in our weekly rag and some dude got sentenced to 10 days for no seat belt. WTF?

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As mentioned, he might of had a bench warrant out for him. Pay, or get your tickets fixed kids.

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judge gives you the option of either paying the ticket or serving time instead. You'd be surprised how many people opt to just serve a few days.

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This.

If the guy is broke and unemployed then taking the 10 days in jail is a good financial decision. He doesn't have to pay the fine and he gets 26-30 free meals.

There's gotta be more to the story. He either:

-Got stopped for seat belt violation but had outstanding warrant

-Acted like an arse with the cop or in court

-Got seat belt ticket and never paid it, which led to warrant being issued for unpaid seat belt ticket

Years ago, I was in court (in Texas) waiting for a civil hearing and there was a plea in the DUI case. The man was found guilty, even though the prosecution had a terrible case (jury found the man guilty). The defendant called his lawyer a "retardo" and referred to the Judge as "frickface" and said he didn't "give a shite what the Judge did to him."

The man was held in contempt. I told everyone at my office about the idiot I saw in Court. Phone rings - it is the Judge appointment me on the contempt charge.

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You'd be surprised how many people opt to just serve a few days.

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They probably have kids.

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They probably have kids.

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I know the wife and I would love the vacation.