Clifton Williams

Clifton Williams, Illinois Man, Jailed For Yawning Freed After 3 Weeks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearin...

Man Jailed After Yawning In Court Released

Chicago Tribune | Steve Schmadeke | Posted 05.25.2011

The Will County judge who sentenced a Richton Park man to six months in jail for "making a loud yawning sound" set the 33-year-old man free today with...

Clifton Williams Gets 6 Months In Jail For Yawning

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on. Clifton Williams, 33, of Richto...