41.   The government asked Sprizzo to find them in criminal contempt of his February injunction, for which they could have served up to six months in jail.

42.   The judge had ordered Justice Department officials to prosecute two federal employees for criminal contempt after they refused to turn over certain documents in the telemarketing case.

43.   The jury deadlocked on the two remaining counts of criminal contempt, and the judge declared a mistrial on those charges.

44.   The indictment charged a former taxi driver from Orlando, Fla., with perjury and criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury.

45.   The juror, Cheryl McRae of Youngstown, Ohio, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt.

46.   The jury deadlocked on two counts of criminal contempt related to her refusal to testify before two grand juries.

47.   The penalty for criminal contempt is determined by the sentencing judge.

48.   The ordinary remedies for refusing to testify, or testifying falsely, are a criminal contempt charge or a perjury prosecution.

49.   The state justices on Thursday overturned the conviction of Cynthia Jeffries on criminal contempt charges.

50.   Then, last May, after finishing her jail sentence, she was charged with criminal contempt and obstruction of justice.