General Mayhem

[Citrus]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_on_en_tv/paris_hilton

LOS ANGELES -

Paris Hilton was released from jail early Thursday due to an unspecified medical condition after serving only three days of a 23-day sentence.

She was sent home with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and must remain there for 40 days, according to sheriffs spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Hilton checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood on Sunday night to begin serving time for violating probation.

The 26-year-old hotel heiress surrendered with little fanfare after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards, where she worked the red carpet in a strapless designer gown.

"I am trying to be strong right now," she told reporters at the time. "I'm ready to face my sentence. Even though this is a really hard time, I have my family, my friends and my fans to support me, and that's really helpful."

Hilton was housed in the "special needs" unit of the 13-year-old jail, separate from most of its 2,200 inmates. The unit contains 12 two-person cells reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates. She didn't have a cellmate.

After her first night in jail, Hilton's lawyer, Richard A. Hutton, said she was doing well under the circumstances.

"She's using this time to reflect on her life, to see what she can do to make the world better and hopefully, in my opinion, to change the attitudes that exist about her among many people," Hutton said after visiting Hilton.

When she was sentenced May 4, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled that she would not be allowed any work release, furloughs or use of an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.

Sheriff's officials had said she would serve about 23 days of her 45 day sentence behind bars because of state rules allowing shorter sentences for good behavior.

The star of "The Simple Life" reality TV show pleaded no contest to a reckless-driving charge in January and was sentenced to 36 months' probation. When she was later pulled over by the California Highway Patrol, Hilton was told that she was driving on a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging she was not to drive. She was then pulled over by sheriff's deputies on Feb. 27 and charged with violating probation.

[Dracus]

in other words she probably starved herself to get out or something shady

[Lautakwah]

awesome when you have money and fame.  is hilton hotels the proud new owner of the county jail?  so to be fair any one else that develops a "medical" condition should be released too and receive just as much attention from the prison system as hilton did (according to the press conference she was under review and examination for 3 - 4 days).  who's willing to put up some money that they will?  smart bet, you can't loose, wink wink.  i can't think of a better example where money talks and shit walks. 

[Udog]

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Lautakwah wrote:

awesome when you have money and fame.  is hilton hotels the proud new owner of the county jail?  so to be fair any one else that develops a "medical" condition should be released too and receive just as much attention from the prison system as hilton did (according to the press conference she was under review and examination for 3 - 4 days).  who's willing to put up some money that they will?  smart bet, you can't loose, wink wink.  i can't think of a better example where money talks and shit walks. 

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heh, you're just now realizing that having cash in the US gets you more?

Did you also know that the way court works is those with private attorneys get seen by the judge before people with public defenders?

[Torba]

Yeah....someone definitely got rich from this....

[oskibear]

She going back behind bars?   Stay tuned.

http://www.tmz.com/

[wtghaha]

fox news is reporting she's going back to jail

[Dracus]

hahaha...nice

[komodo]

hahahaha...damn right!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/08/paris.hilton.ap/index.html

crying out to your mommy?  omg...they should extend her sentence just for that...

[Citrus]

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komodo wrote:
hahahaha...damn right!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/08/paris.hilton.ap/index.html

crying out to your mommy?  omg...they should extend her sentence just for that...

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haha damn right. What's better than watching a hero? Watching a hero fall.

[wtghaha]

with paris hilton being your hero

[oskibear]

She got her sentence reduced from 45 days to 22 days "for good behavior" even BEFORE she got in to be "well behaved", and then served, what, 3 days of that, probably on favors her mommy and daddy called in.  I hope she serves the whole 45 days for pulling that shit.

[Rhox]

bahahahah she got /poprocks

[oskibear]

Someone needs to do one of those animated PWNT pics with her in it.

[Dracus]

Message Edited by Dracus on 06-08-2007 02:24 PM

[Dracus]

Message Edited by Dracus on 06-08-2007 02:29 PM

[komodo]

i mean c'mon here...how old is she?  got caught drinking and driving (and you know she's done that plenty of times before that), pleaded guilty...license suspended, probation, blah blah blah...all the easy stuff.  then you go and drive and get caught...TWICE!  i mean, shit...OBVIOUSLY, she didn't learn her lesson and needed harsher punishment.  and then you try and make up stuff to get out of it which didn't work and get sent back to court and jail.  and you start crying and screaming and need to be dragged out?  um...dude, it's not like she's going anywhere hardcore...my god...and what really pisses me off are all the people around the office going "oh, i don't think she deserves that...it's too harsh..."  if she killed someone, like a loved one, when she drove with that suspended license, would you still be saying that? 

[wtghaha]

typical sentence in ca for driving on a suspended license is an extension of the suspension, not time in jail so she's actually getting a raw deal here according to the judges and lawyers they interviewed on the news.

[oskibear]

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wtghaha wrote:

typical sentence in ca for driving on a suspended license is an extension of the suspension, not time in jail so she's actually getting a raw deal here according to the judges and lawyers they interviewed on the news.

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Sentencing is discretionary according to circumstances.   Here is a woman who has the resources to be driven around despite the suspended license.   It's not like she can't get to work (if she had work) if she couldn't drive.   A suspended license represents a severe hardship to most of us because we could not easily get to work, get food and do everyday things necessary to live in our society and thus represents significant punishment.  For her, it is at worst a minor inconvenience and she might have to have the chauffer take her to the club instead of driving the Bentley herself.

Clearly the earlier punishment of suspending her license for drunken driving was not enough to set her straight.   Since she was so quick to show her contempt for the laws and punishment for breaking the laws I say F her, F her tears, F her family's priviledge.  Jail may make her think twice about pulling that crap again.   She deserves to serve more than 3 days in jail and I hope she uses the time to think about her bullshit.

[wtghaha]

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oskibear wrote:

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wtghaha wrote:

typical sentence in ca for driving on a suspended license is an extension of the suspension, not time in jail so she's actually getting a raw deal here according to the judges and lawyers they interviewed on the news.

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Sentencing is discretionary according to circumstances.   Here is a woman who has the resources to be driven around despite the suspended license.   It's not like she can't get to work (if she had work) if she couldn't drive.   A suspended license represents a severe hardship to most of us because we could not easily get to work, get food and do everyday things necessary to live in our society and thus represents significant punishment.  For her, it is at worst a minor inconvenience and she might have to have the chauffer take her to the club instead of driving the Bentley herself.

Clearly the earlier punishment of suspending her license for drunken driving was not enough to set her straight.   Since she was so quick to show her contempt for the laws and punishment for breaking the laws I say F her, F her tears, F her family's priviledge.  Jail may make her think twice about pulling that crap again.   She deserves to serve more than 3 days in jail and I hope she uses the time to think about her bullshit.

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hahah i'm not trying to defend what she's done or that she doesn't deserve it. I mean for most of us its "who gives a sh*t" and i'm finding it funny how many ppl are taking it so personally when this person is worlds away from our nomal lives. her going to jail or not has nothing to do with you or me nor does it affect you or me but the outcry over what happened is amazing. There are so many other random crappy things happening everyday and many other normal people getting off with a slap on the wrist for doing worse and she's getting live news coverage for hours just following her to and from jail. Even Al Sharpton is making a big fuss about it. Good entertainment.