Could Mississippi Author Serve Jail Time for Divorce? 

Mississippi author Nevada Barr could have plenty of writing time coming up.  She destroyed evidence in her divorce, and the court is not amused.

"Destroyed" could be a light term.  According to her own testimony, when her ex-husband's lawyer asked for her to produce her computer because it contained evidence of an affair, Barr said she, "took a cold chisel and a hatchet; I tore it apart; I then took all of the pieces that were inside of it and I put them in a metal box; I burned it by pouring gasoline over it, and I shoveled it into a plastic bag and I dumped it in a bayou."

Confession may be good for the soul, but in this case it could have physical and material consequences. Prosecution has been ordered by the court to take a look and consider penalties ranging from sanction, to criminal prosecution.

Source: www.mississippifamilylawblog.com