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| One phone jails everyone |
| By The Times of India |
| Published: 12/10/2007 |
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NEW YORK - A judicial panel in the US has removed an "egregious" judge, who objected to the ringing of a cell phone in the courtroom and ordered the arrest of 46 defendants present on the premise. The ringing of a cell phone annoyed Judge Robert M Restaino in New York State's Niagara Falls so much that he asked the person whose instrument had made the noise to come forward. Otherwise, everyone in the court room could take a week in jail. "Please do not tell me I am the only one who heard that," Restaino had said. When no one came up voluntarily, the judge carried out his threat. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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