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Court stenographer goes to jail and is under house arrest for working too slowly

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Circuit Judge Charles Greene sent Ann Margaret Smith to prison for contempt of court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after she failed to finish typing a transcript needed for an appeal hearing for a convicted rapist.

To be fair, Greene did point out that Smith had failed to finish the transcript for several months now, and that she had been given a final deadline of last Friday – which she missed.

She then also failed to write up the transcript in time for her appearance on contempt of court charges.

Smith was eventually released from jail on Sunday night, after she told judge Greene that she couldn't do the work in prison because she was so worried about her three children at home.

The judge then relented, and allowed her out of jail – but immediately put her under house arrest until she completes the work.

Smith currently has around 400 pages of the 1,500 page transcript to go.