Bound by a 1983 decision he clearly finds farcical, Southern District Judge John Keenan (See Profile) released a man jailed eight months for refusing to appear before a grand jury on the ground that the man would continue to resist no matter how long he is incarcerated.
Keenan said the recalcitrant witness, Gerald Koch, “promised continued and endless contempt.”
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