(February 14, 2016 at 1:55 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: That said, even in this terrible situation, you can't coach a witness from the public area or interpret what she's saying, and when told to be quiet, you can't cuss out the judge. And then, when hauled up before said judge, you're going to jail if you cuss him out again in front of an entire courtroom.
Whilst I agree that insulting a judge is a bad idea, no judge should be able to give apparently arbitrary sentences for swearing. A year is ridiculous. It should be a day, tops. Put him in the cells, give him a few hours to calm down, and ask him if he wants to apologize. If he refuses, keep him in overnight.
