Juror Spends 2 Days In Jail For Texting In Court

When a judge tells you to do something in a courtroom, it usually behooves you to follow his or her orders. But a 26-year-old Oregon man didn't think texting in court was a big deal and ended up in jail for two days because of it!

According to KGW, our textually-active juror was given the standard jury instructions, which include mentions about the ban on cell phone use multiple times.

Once the jurors started looking at video evidence in a darkened courtroom, the judge noticed "a light reflecting on [the juror's] chest, making it obvious that he was texting."

The judge then called an immediate recess for everyone in the courtroom except the texter and then held him in contempt of court and had him hauled away to jail.

The juror apparently thought his jail time was a pretty unfair punishment.

I know what I did wasn't smart and I don't blame the judge for being upset, but two days in jail is harsh.

But from my five times in the courtroom jury selection process, I've learned that you should probably take anything a judge says pretty seriously.

This guy was texting when he was supposed to be reviewing evidence?! If I were ever accused of a crime, I'd be pretty miffed if I found out a juror wasn't even paying attention to details that would decide my fate. Good for the judge for tossing this guy off the case and teaching him a lesson.

  Listen at 3:50PM for the DUMB CRIMINAL code word and enter it here to win.

[KGW]