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		llamataboot on Sept 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google and Apple Won’t Unlock Your Phone, but a Co... Interestingly and strangely enough, jail can only be used for contempt of court when they believe that keeping you there has a chance of making you comply. If you make a principled enough stand that you are never going to comply, they legally have to let you out. In practice, this usually takes a long time.

ChuckMcM on Sept 22, 2014 [–]

An excellent example of that was Greg Anderson [1], Barry Bonds alleged source for Steroids.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Anderson_%28trainer%29

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