DA Gets 10 Days' Jail Time for Contempt of Court
"I felt, if you don't respect me enough to give me the information I requested, I will not give you respect and show up," Williamson County DA Jana Duty wrote in an email to a judge, explaining why she skipped a hearing.
August 07, 2015 at 01:30 PM
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Williamson County District Attorney Jana Duty was sentenced to 10 days in jail and a $500 fine after a judge found that she was in contempt of court for violating a court order and disrespecting the judge in a capital murder case.
Duty was booked into the Williamson County Jail on Aug. 6 and immediately released on a personal recognizance bond pending her appeal of the decision.
Immediately after lawyers on both sides closed, Senior Judge Doug Shaver, who was appointed to preside over the 368th District Court for the contempt proceeding, announced that Duty was in contempt for “intentionally, knowingly and willfully” violating a gag order, failing to appear in court and disrespecting the court in a response and “veiled threats.”
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