[Responsibility2nd]

At the end of Friday’s hearing, Somers ordered both Jones and Sapp to stay away from the mosque for three years — an order that drew gasps and shouting in the courthouse.

The pair were tried under a rarely used law originally passed in 1846 that requires those who are likely to breach the peace to post “peace bonds.”

“Nobody expected this,” Charlie Langton, a lawyer and legal analyst, said of the judge’s decision to jail Jones and Sapp. “It is prior restraint, but the judge followed the letter of the law. It’s purely legal because it’s never been challenged.”

At the Islamic Center, a cheer went through the crowd of 100 after police initially announced the jailing.

“That’s what should happen when people say they are going to break the law,” said Neda Kardri, 29, of Dearborn.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110422/WIRE/110429839/-1/news?Title=Terry-Jones-jailed-in-Michigan-for-refusing-1-peace-bond-

Oh. I see. Jones was arrested BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BREAK THE LAW. Not that he did - no sir. But becausae of some 150 year old law - he was arrested because of what he might do.

Un-freaking-believable.

[neverbluffer]

How can a jury and court be convened to find a “guilty verdict” before any action happens?

This jury was set up on thursday?

[newzjunkey]

“It is prior restraint, but the judge followed the letter of the law. It’s purely legal because it’s never been challenged.”

Sounds like it should be!

[dfwgator]

he was arrested because of what he might do.

Life imitates art.