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Shut Yer Mouth: Man Gets 6 Months for Yawning
• MSNBCMake sure you get plenty of sleep before going to court.
Clifton Williams didn't and he's been sentenced to six months in jail for yawning.
"I was flabbergasted because I didn't realize a judge could do that," Williams' father, Clifton Williams Sr., told the Chicago Tribune. "It seems to me like a yawn is an involuntary action."