Poor, poor Paris Hilton

[Alex]

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.

[FEJ]

Originally Posted by Alex

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.

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