[ WP ] [ Semi-Historical ] In 1787 , Ben Franklin snuck a joke into the U.S. Constitution/Bill of Rights that was never caught and never removed . Centuries later , it inadvertently plays a major part in a Supreme Court decision .

Johnson v. California 
 
 Mark Johnson was arrested in June of 2014 for the robbery of a gas station. For his crimes, he was sentenced to watch his mom be subjected to willing intercourse with a Benjamin Franklin lookalike. 
 
 Johnson challenged the court's decision, saying it `` strongly'' goes against the `` cruel and unusual punishment'' clause of the Eighth Amendment. However, Johnson failed to recognize the fine text never discovered before March of 2014 in the Bill of Rights: 
 
 > *Article the tenth and a halfth..... The only cruel and unusual punishment excepted from Article the tenth shall be Benjamin Franklin, or an impersonator of Benjamin Franklin if the original is unavailable, heinously having intercourse with the accused's willing mother while the accused watches. * 
 
 Due to this newly found article, the Supreme Court upheld the court's decision and paved the way for subsequent sentencings of `` Benjie doing your mom while you watch''.
