Paris Hilton going to jail for 45 days

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

she may be pathetic, but she is hanging around her mansion today..i doubt if, a regular joe/jane get this type of treatment

Of course they don't. It's kind of funny that even Martha Stewart was tougher than Paris Hilton, and she got a longer sentence for "lying" about something that she wasn't even convicted of. Paris Hilton actually put people in DANGER and she's out after three days. That's bullsh!t. :angry: :angry:

Its really ironic - when you consider that Robert Downey Junior got put through the ringer for much the same thing.

He was mainly a danger to himself, though. He's also incredibly talented...something we cannot say for Paris Hilton.

I think he got caught with an unlicensed firearm in addition to heroin possession on top of the DUI. He got dragged over the coals for that - everything that happened to him after his initial release seemed to be a case of selective prosecution. They'll do that for him, but not for Paris Hilton?

[homesick_american 1]

I think he got caught with an unlicensed firearm in addition to heroin possession on top of the DUI. He got dragged over the coals for that - everything that happened to him after his initial release seemed to be a case of selective prosecution. They'll do that for him, but not for Paris Hilton?

Gun = somewhat scary

Incompetent behind the wheel of very heavy car = way scarier

She got such an easy ride, it's not fair.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Beautiful. We're all equal in the eyes of the law.

Only some are more equal than others.

[Ban Hammer 13,625]

Beautiful. We're all equal in the eyes of the law.

Only some are more equal than others.

$=more equality

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Back in the UK I did a court report as part of my journalism training. One of the cases that showed up involved a guy who had committed multiple driving offences. Initially banned for drunk-driving, he was subsequently caught several times driving driving while banned, and on one occasion driving drunk, while banned, without insurance. The judge was tired of seeing him – gave the guy 5 years.

I always thought the US was generally tougher on DUI than the UK.

[Marilyn. 340]

she may be pathetic, but she is hanging around her mansion today..i doubt if, a regular joe/jane get this type of treatment

Of course they don't. It's kind of funny that even Martha Stewart was tougher than Paris Hilton, and she got a longer sentence for "lying" about something that she wasn't even convicted of. Paris Hilton actually put people in DANGER and she's out after three days. That's bullsh!t. :angry: :angry:

Its really ironic - when you consider that Robert Downey Junior got put through the ringer for much the same thing.

He was mainly a danger to himself, though. He's also incredibly talented...something we cannot say for Paris Hilton.

I think he got caught with an unlicensed firearm in addition to heroin possession on top of the DUI. He got dragged over the coals for that - everything that happened to him after his initial release seemed to be a case of selective prosecution. They'll do that for him, but not for Paris Hilton?

didn't he crash into some kind of building while driving once?? I thought I remember something like that but I just did a quick search and couldn't find anything about it.... He did pass out on a neighbor's lawn, he was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance....

Edited June 8, 2007 by MarilynP

[homesick_american 1]

Back in the UK I did a court report as part of my journalism training. One of the cases that showed up involved a guy who had committed multiple driving offences. Initially banned for drunk-driving, he was subsequently caught several times driving driving while banned, and on one occasion driving drunk, while banned, without insurance. The judge was tired of seeing him – gave the guy 5 years.

I always thought the US was generally tougher on DUI than the UK.

Depends on what state you're in. Back in TX I knew a recovering alcoholic who was pulled over in FL several times for DUI. He was finally given the option of going to AA or going to jail, which may have caused him to lose his green card. He chose AA, dried out, and has been sober for a long time. At least back then, FL seemed to have pretty loose DUI laws.

Personally I think you should be arrested and have your license suspended on the first offense, with mandatory AA.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A guy from my year in high-school turned up in the local paper a few years ago for DUI. He apparently was so drunk he mounted the pavement and drove through several front yards, gashing the turf with his tyres, crashing through bushes and dragging a picket fence under his car.

[almaty 19]

i have many horror stories, the worse was an inmate, who was drunk and killed a family of 6...he got out of prison and was rolled back for breaking parole..drinking and driving again..

[KarenCee 3]

Apparently the judge in this case is NOT happy with Miss Hilton serving her sentence under house arrest. This just in on CNN....

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Paris Hilton will have to appear in court after all.

The judge in her court hearing has ordered the L.A. Sheriff's Department to pick her up and bring her to the L.A. Superior Court this morning, CNN has learned.

Hilton, who is serving her jail sentence from her Hollywood Hills home, was headed for a courtroom showdown that could put her back behind bars, as prosecutors sought to hold sheriff's officials in contempt for releasing her early from jail.

Hilton was ordered to report to court at 9 a.m. The judge signed an order for deputies to bring her in a sheriff's vehicle from her Hollywood Hills home, said Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini.

Friday morning, Parachini said Hilton would be allowed to take part in the hearing by telephone, but Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer stuck to his original order.

The frenzy over Hilton's jail status began early Thursday when sheriff's officials released Hilton because of an undisclosed medical condition and sent her home under house arrest. She had been in jail since late Sunday. (Watch the details of Hilton's release )

Hilton was fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and was expected to finish her 45-day sentence for a reckless driving probation violation at her four-bedroom, three-bath home.

The decision by Sheriff Lee Baca to move Hilton chafed prosecutors and Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, who spelled out during sentencing that Hilton was not allowed to serve house detention.

Late Thursday, Sauer issued the order for Hilton to return to court after the city attorney filed a petition demanding that Hilton be returned to jail and to show cause why Baca shouldn't be held in contempt of court.

Baca does not have to be in court, and it was unclear who would represent the Sheriff's Department.

The move also was met with outrage from the sheriff's deputies union, members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, civil rights leaders, defense attorneys and others.

"What transpired here is outrageous," county Supervisor Don Knabe told The Associated Press, adding he received more than 400 angry e-mails and hundreds more phone calls from around the country.

Hilton's return home "gives the impression of ... celebrity justice being handed out," he said. (Watch Hilton enter jail )

Baca dismissed the criticism, saying the decision was made based on medical advice.

"It isn't wise to keep a person in jail with her problem over an extended period of time and let the problem get worse," Baca told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.

"My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice," Baca said.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown criticized the Sheriff's Department for letting Hilton out of jail, saying he believed she should serve out her sentence.

"It does hold up the system to ridicule when the powerful and the famous get special treatment," Brown told The Associated Press in an interview before testifying at a congressional hearing in Washington.

"I'm sure there's a lot of people who've seen their family members go to jail and have various ailments, physical and psychological, that didn't get them released," he said. "I'd say it's time for a course correction."

The Los Angeles County jail system is so overcrowded that attorneys and jail officials have said it is not unusual for nonviolent offenders like Hilton to be released after serving as little as 10 percent of their sentences.

In the hours after Hilton's release, it was a madcap scene outside her house in the hills above the Sunset Strip. As word spread that Hilton was back home, radio helicopter pilots who normally report on traffic conditions were dispatched to hover over her house and describe it to morning commuters. Paparazzi photographers on the ground quickly assembled outside its gates.

Shortly before noon, Hilton issued a statement through her attorney.

"I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally," she said. "I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."

Hilton's path to jail began September 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

In the months that followed she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/08/p...n.ap/index.html

[Jenn! 918]

Yeah, I heard that last night on the news. Her court time was at 9 am Pacific time, so we should be hearing the outcome pretty soon....

[Mags 112]

I hope they throw her ####### back in the slammer.

[mawilson 2,133]

I hope they throw her ####### back in the slammer.

That was uncalled for, mags. Bashing Paris Hilton is a violation of TOS and am going to report you to Ewok!

[eric&gen 0]

Paris Hilton deserves what she gets doesn't matter if she is a star or not if you break the law you get the same treatment as any other criminal.

Edited June 8, 2007 by eric&gen

[KarenCee 3]

Paris Hilton deserves what she gets doesn't matter if she is a star or not if you break the law you get the same treatment as any other criminal.

Oh but Eric...you *know* that's not the American way! *sarcasm*