Paris Hilton going to jail for 45 days

[Jenn! 918]

on this other site (Yahoo answers) they are talking about this and some people think she got out because she is white and rich.... she got out because she is famous and rich, I don't think it has anything to do with the colour of her skin

Or maybe it's because she's white and famous and it has nothing to do with her money?

[almaty 19]

rich...knows no bias in court

[Yaads 0]

They were delayed 2 hours...so we should hear shortly

Court Delayed

[homesick_american 1]

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

I agree. :thumbs:

[GaryC 7]

This just in: Paris is going back to jail. She was led away in shackles screaming.

[almaty 19]

what??? this is america...$$$ suppose to keep you out of jail...

[Kez/JWolf 6]

This just in: Paris is going back to jail. She was led away in shackles screaming.

Now that is Justice!!!!!

[GaryC 7]

what??? this is america...$$$ suppose to keep you out of jail...

Not only is she going back to jail the judge ordered her to do the full 45 day sentence. They broke up a huge party to drag her to court this morning. That apparently pizzed the judge off.

[JODO 2]

Judge orders Paris Hilton back to jail 4 minutes ago

Paris Hilton was taken from a courtroom screaming and crying Friday seconds after a judge ordered her returned to jail to serve out her entire 45-day sentence for a parole violation in a reckless driving case.

"It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton. "Mom!" she called out to her mother in the audience.

She had been brought to court in sheriff's custody today for a court hearing on her early release from jail after back-and-forth decisions on whether she could participate by telephone from her home.

Hilton, appearing to be in handcuffs, cried after she was placed into a black-and-white patrol car, which sped away from her home with lights flashing as news helicopters pursued, broadcasting live TV coverage.

The car carrying her disappeared into the courthouse's underground parking lot, avoiding a swarm of news media, and her parents then arrived.

In the hearing, which began at late morning, a judge was to listen to the city attorney's complaint that the county sheriff did not have the right to reassign her to electronically monitored home detention after only three days in jail for violating probation in a reckless driving case.

On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ordered that Hilton be brought to Friday's hearing. But early Friday a court spokesman announced that she would be allowed to participate by telephone, which is common in misdemeanor cases. Then, in a reversal, the spokesman said the judge had ordered the Sheriff's Department to pick her up and bring her to court.

The frenzy 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 for three days.

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 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 beingcelebrity justice being handed out," he said.

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, D.C.

"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 the 26-year-old poster child for bad celebrity behavior 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 Sept. 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.

___ Associated Press Writer Erica Werner in Washington, D.C., contributed to the report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_...uwIERHV3bys0NUE

[almaty 19]

what??? this is america...$$$ suppose to keep you out of jail...

Not only is she going back to jail the judge ordered her to do the full 45 day sentence. They broke up a huge party to drag her to court this morning. That apparently pizzed the judge off.

good call by the judge

[~Nini~ 2]

Finally, proper justice is being served!

[GaryC 7]

Is anyone watching this on tv? There is a guy behind the court spokesman with a "I love Paris" hat on making goofy faces!

[Marilyn. 340]

i just read this somewhere but can't for the life of me remember where.. maybe it was in this thread...

but I heard that the Paris was having a huge party when they came to take her to the courthouse.. this made the judge very upset....

[Robor007 0]

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.

I'm pretty sure that's the way it is in FL now - they are pretty strict here. I just did some looking HERE. If you refuse a Breathalyzer your license is automatically suspended for 12 months. If you are convicted of DUI you lose your license for a minimum of 6 months. I think most cases of DUI result in AA as well.

what??? this is america...$$$ suppose to keep you out of jail...

Not only is she going back to jail the judge ordered her to do the full 45 day sentence. They broke up a huge party to drag her to court this morning. That apparently pizzed the judge off.

WooHoo!

[KarenCee 3]

This just in: Paris is going back to jail. She was led away in shackles screaming.

Now that is Justice!!!!!

AMEN!!!!!!!!!