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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090813/koddities/us_odd_jailed_for_yawning
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090813/koddities/us_odd_jailed_for_yawning
By The Associated Press
JOLIET, Illinois - An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing.
Thirty-three-year-old Clifton Williams of Richton Park was found in contempt of court and jailed on July 23 after yawning in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak's court, the Chicago Tribune reported. He could have been jailed for six months.
Williams was in court for his cousin's sentencing on a drug charge. A prosecutor in court at the time described the offending yawn as "loud and boisterous."
As Williams stood before the bench in shackles on Thursday, the judge gave him a short lecture. He told Williams he wasn't in custody for simply yawning but for making a sound "that was offensive to the court."