21-Year-Old Florida Man Sentenced To 10 Days In Jail For Missing Jury Duty
Deandre Somerville was selected to serve on a civil jury back in august, but when he overslept he had to spend 10 days in jail. What’s crazy is that he didn’t even have a prior criminal record.
Somerville who is from West Palm says when he had court last month the judge asked him why he didn’t show up to the civil trial where he was sworn in as a juror. Somerville said he told the judge “Sir, honestly I overslept, and I didn’t understand the seriousness of this.” Judge John Kastrenakis found Somerville in direct contempt of court, and sentenced him 10 days in jail, 150 hours of community service,a year of probation and $233 in fees. According to reports Somerville did not contact the court to explain his absence so the the judge wrote in a court order. His failure to show up delayed the trial for 45 minutes.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/us/florida-man-jury-duty-oversleeps-jail-time-trnd/index.html
