It is no secret that we are annoyed when phone is ringing when we are up to something. But truly, it shouldn’t goes to jail. But if a judge is mad because of it, he/she can sentence all of the people in the court into jail. The judge who was accused on doing it has been recommended by panel to be removed.

Judge Robert Restaino said on March 11, 2005, “now, whoever owns the instrument that is ringing, bring it to me now or everybody could take a week in jail and please don’t tell me I’m the only one that heard that”. He continued, “everyone is going to jail; every single person is going to jail in this courtroom unless I get that instrument now,” he went on. “If anybody believes I’m kidding, ask some of the folks that have been here for a while. You are all going”.

The panel report stated that Restaino had committed “an egregious and unprecedented abuse of judicial power”. Restaino plans to appeal the ruling and seek reinstatement to the post, which paid $113,900 per year.

Source: CNet

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 Print Posted by Amir Karimuddin on November 29th, 2007