Judge Joe Brown Begins Jail Sentence For Contempt Of Court Charge

Judge Joe Brown Begins Jail Sentence For Contempt Of Court Charge
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Judge Joe Brown found himself on the other side of the justice system on Thursday, when he turned himself in to begin serving a five-day prison sentence stemming from a 2014 contempt of court charge.

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