During the case against Casey Anthony of all random things and crazy things one man today has made it on the list of crazies. During court a man named Matthew Bartlett stuck his middle finger out to the prosecution lawyer Jeff Ashton. Why would he stick his middle finger? His response was that it was a stupid thing. If you check on youtube because I know for a fact that it's on there. He seemed to be rubbing his head and then quickly showing his middle finger. Court was stopped...literally stopped and jurors were taken out. The reason why is that if they had seen him it could've made a turn in the case by their ways of looking at Casey Anthony. Remember jurors can't talk to the outside world so much. They can talk to family and friends but very restricted. They can't look at a newspaper without it being approved by the judge and also certain things like watching movies even. They have to make sure it will not influence their minds.
When Matthew Bartlett testified why he did it all he did was just kept apologizing. Then the judge just let him have it. He was talking about Florida taxpayers have payed a lot of money in this case. By his stupidity he could've altered it all. The judge never said he was stupid but was trying to say that you saw the signs saying don't have an expression to show anything that will make jurors think otherwise.
What was Matthew Bartlett's punishment? He was sentenced to 6 days in jail plus with court costs and the free of $400 for his act all together it was $600. That six hundred smack-a-roonies for a 1 second stupid act. Trying to get your 15 minutes of fame Matthew? Well you got it but in court costs and being jailed.
Goes to show you....DON'T mess in court the judge is very serious when he says when he will hold you in contempt of court.
~Here are some random pictures throughout the court against Casey Anthony of some people sticking the middle finger up. Were THEY doing it intentionally or just without thinking?...you decide! lol~
Casey Anthony
Jose Baez
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| Cheney Mason flicking off after jurors find Casey Anthony not |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31827109@N02/5889043463/in/photostream
ReplyDeleteto the anonymous person im posting ur picture up that u took of the finger man will leave ur link up for cred. ^_^
ReplyDeleteYour blog would be more interesting if your writing and grammar skills improved...
ReplyDeleteI know hun. Thank you for letting me know. I kind of write things as it if it was a diary but I am working on it. ^^
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