Ill. man faces 6 months in jail for yawning

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JOLIET, Ill. – Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on. Clifton Williams, 33, of Richton Park, is facing six months in jail for making what court documents call a yawn-like sound in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak's court last month. The yawn happened as Williams' cousin, Jason Mayfield, was being sentenced for a drug charge on July 23.....

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jailed_for_yawning

I think I just earned a life sentence.

I didn't know it was against the law

sounds loike there doing contempt charges :P