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2024-10-29 17:03:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 898A45B5B462D429B87940A4BF953D4DB30234FC8B8F88C17D05423D9DF68D18
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People are regularly jailed in both England and the United States for intentionally disobeying court orders. For example, protestors were jailed for trespass in breach of a civil injunction: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-48791643 An American banker was jailed for refusing to produce property in a civil suit: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/bonds/us-judge-ends-7-year-contempt-jailing-of-trader-idUSN27276812/
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