I keep wishing that this experience will give Paris a chance to reflect on her wasted life and come out of it an adult.

Well, one can hope...

The sorry state of things: We're launching a shuttle today, and the press can't get away from focusing on this waste of air!

ron

I caught part of a press conference of Sheriff Lee Baca. He basically is throwing the judge under the bus :eek:

According to Baca, the sentence is much higher than the usual. He said that normally a case like this (with no priors) wouldn't see ANY jail time.



You are a dreamer!

Hmm, what do they mean by "no priors"?

She's in jail for violating probation. That seems to imply that there were indeed priors, namely the dui that landed her on probation with a suspended license to begin with. So this would be a second offense (though of a different nature).

The "no priors" was my addition (obviously faulty). I couldn't remember his exact verbiage, but the gist of the statement was that someone who would have done a similar offense(s) would not being seeing the jail time that Paris is getting. Baca basically said (directly) that Paris WAS getting special treatment - she was getting more than usual.

Obviously there is no love lost between Baca and Michael Sauer (the judge).

Voluntary manslaughter gets you an additional week in jail. I know, that includes 200 days time served during the trial. But if killing someone gets you 210 days 45 for Hilton's crimes seems out of perspective. But then so much of criminal sentencing makes little sense when viewed within a big picture.

I figure if I'm forced to watch it, it is probably best to be surmising things with this group of people.

Hmm, just saw on TV that she'll be serving the full 45 in jail now... ?

Wow, um.... I almost wanna un-mojo you for the mental image you just gave me - ick! (okay, not really on the un-mojo, but yes really on the major ick factor)

Well, she's going to miss Heidi and Tom's wedding. It's her own fault...






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45 days was not for the initial crime, but for violating multiple terms of the probation. Her initial crime was a DUI in 2006.
" ...3 years of probation, ordered her mandatory attendance at an alcohol education program, and that she pay fines of $1,500."
She violated multiple parts of her probation. (Copy of court paperwork)
She violated her probation:
" First, she failed to enroll in an alcohol education course within 21 days of her sentencing.

Second, she had several traffic violations after receiving probation. On February 27, 2007, she was stopped by L.A. Sheriff Deputies for driving “a new Bentley” at 70 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone “in darkness without her headlights on,” and without a valid driver’s license. Hilton’s license had been suspended by California&rsquos; Department of Motor Vehicles in November 2006 for having an "Excessive Blood Alcohol Level.”

Finally, prosecutors argued, Hilton failed to "obey all laws and orders of the Court," another condition of her probation." (source: findlaw.com



Probation violations are lots of times much harsher than original sentence