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Buck the System

Jeremiah Johnson appeared in court in Polk County, Fla., but the bailiff told him he couldn’t wear shorts in front of the judge. So Johnson went out, took them off, and came back in. “He was butt naked,” Judge Michael Raiden said later. “He was making a statement, I guess.” The judge made a statement too: 179 days in jail for contempt of court. (AP) ...I thought justice was supposed to be blind.


Publication Date: 24 July 1994

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