Poor, poor Paris Hilton

BarTopDancer · 06-07-2007, 08:26 PM

Kevin and Bean had someone on their show this morning who was saying that if a [non-famous] person had committed the offenses that Paris did the sentence would be a lot less than the one Paris received. On one hand the judge was trying to make an example out of her (mandatory jail, no other way to serve the time), on the other hand he was too hard on her because of who she is [and what she represents].

Just what I heard today, not my opinion.

wendybeth · 06-07-2007, 09:16 PM

She did what she did out of a sense of entitlement and 'the law doesn't apply to me' attitude. It would be very appropriate to make an example out of her, and her subsequent behavior bears out that perhaps that is what needs to take place. She gets enough freebies in life- she's frikken famous for nothing, for God's sake. She tried to weasel out of the whole thing all along, and no doubt that is why the judge put such strict conditions on her sentence. I think she ought to have to do the whole 90 days now. I do not feel one teensy bit sorry for her.

Alex · 06-07-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

I think she ought to have to do the whole 90 days now. I do not feel one teensy bit sorry for her.

I don't either, and I don't really much care, but it manages to intrude on my day. A friend on LJ was commenting how little fuss this things seemed to be creating and I wonder how isolated one would have to be to feel there has been an under reaction.

If she was treated worse (getting a long sentence) because of her celebrity then I suppose it is fair for her to later be treated better (getting shipped to house arrest). The end result seems to be that she was in jail for about the average length of time a non-celebrity would have been for similar infractions.

And if being a celebrity (for whatever douche bag reason) means you get harsher punishment for committing crimes just so you can be an example then they do deserve the otherwise unearned abuses of the system they take.

Kevy Baby · 06-07-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Kevin and Bean had someone on their show this morning who was saying that if a [non-famous] person had committed the offenses that Paris did the sentence would be a lot less than the one Paris received.

I've opins from a couple of lawyers and one judge that her sentence was par for the crimes - she got no less and no more than the average.

Kevy Baby · 06-08-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I've [heard] opins from a couple of lawyers and one judge that her sentence was par for the crimes - she got no less and no more than the average [for this crime].

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	She did what she did out of a sense of entitlement and 'the law doesn't apply to me' attitude. It would be very appropriate to make an example out of her, and her subsequent behavior bears out that perhaps that is what needs to take place. She gets enough freebies in life- she's frikken famous for nothing, for God's sake. She tried to weasel out of the whole thing all along, and no doubt that is why the judge put such strict conditions on her sentence. I think she ought to have to do the whole 90 days now. I do not feel one teensy bit sorry for her. __________________
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