Justice

Courtroom Chicken Gets Judge In Hot Water

Not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Not a get-out-of-jail-free card. Photo: iStockPhoto

An Illinois judge may be experiencing indigestion after he he allowed a defendant to fulfill his community service sentence by bringing in a platter of jerk chicken into the courtroom. His honor quipped, per the court transcript: “Does that come with slaw?” [Tribune]

Courtroom Chicken Gets Judge In Hot Water