HONOLULU - Junior Stowers raised his hands and exclaimed, "Thank you, Jesus!" in court last month when he was acquitted by a jury of abusing his son.
But his joy was short-lived when Circuit Judge Patrick Border held him in contempt of court for the "outburst" and threw him in jail.
Stowers, 47, sat in the courtroom and a cellblock for about six hours until the judge granted him a hearing on the contempt charge and released him.
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Just before the verdict was announced on June 29, Border called city Deputy Prosecutor Sean Sanada and (Public Defender Carmel) Kwock to the bench and told them he didn't want a show of emotion by either side, according to a defense request to dismiss the contempt charge.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13898471/Paging Jerry Falwell.....Mr. Falwell to the podium please...