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Originally Posted by D
That was 16 years ago, and outside the CA state borders, right?
Apples and oranges, man.
Also, she was officially on probation. You weren't.
The first time she was busted on probation, she was reportedly told that her offense merited jail time, but the judge would let her off easy - that time... you weren't.
The chick shows a blatant disregard for the law, and made it pretty obvious that she feels she's above it all.
A reality check's in order, imho. I think she got exactly what she deserved in the initial sentencing.
In this recent drama, however, I do kinda sympathize for her. The sheriff's a schmuck for creating the situation out of his inflated sense of self-worth.
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Originally Posted by Sexxxy Sites
Bullshit. She was on summary probation which means she was not assigned a probation officer and did not have to report to anyone. It also means that, under normal circumstances, or for the average person, one is not violated unless it is for an identical offense. In her case that would be a second DUI during the term of probation, which she did not have.
She apparently was stoped on two occasions with a suspended license and under normal circumstances, or for the average person, one would have paid a fine on the first offense, and possibly, just possibly, one would have been sentenced to, possibly, just possibly up to 72 hours in jail, to be served at the discretion of the Sheriff depending upon jail crowding. Most, if not all jails in California are grossly overcrowed.
The judge in her case was out of line in her sentencing and if he overrides the decision of the Sheriff to place her under home arrest he will be out of line yet once again.
She is a celebrity but she should not be treated differently than the average person would be and yet she has been. She has been treated worse because of her celebrity and was actually placed in maximum security (solitary confinement for her own protection) which is harsh and is usually reserved for problem inmates.
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Originally Posted by D
You may be right on the summary probation thing - I dunno. Ever consider she received this slap on the wrist in the first place because of her status? It seems she was given plenty of preferential treatment in the past - reflected by the fact that she seems to be the first person released from sheriff's custody due to "medical problems."
She did not recieve a slap on the wrist in the first place. She recieved what an average person would recieve for a first offense. It is not infrequent for a person to be let out of jail to serve house arrest for many different reasons including medical reasons. So you are wrong.
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I know someone who went to jail for his first offense of driving with a suspended liscence (actually he had just parked his car) off Sunset. No other crimes were in the process of being committed - including wreckless driving or break of probation.
You are not telling the whole story, and maybe were not told the whole story. There would not be any jail time for anyone with a first offense. So you are wrong.
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I think that's very debatable. To me, it simply seems he noticed someone that considered herself impervious to the system, and so saught the maximum he could under the law in an effort to impart onto her that she wasn't. As an Angelino with something very personal at stake in this matter (as I've expressed a couple times now), I, for one, would not have felt she would have been reformed with a simple anklet for a few weeks.
The punishment is supposed to fit the crime and driving with a suspended license is not much of a crime.
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What country are you from again? Nazi Germany? Imperial Rome?
We have this thing called constitutional cgovernment in the U.S. It's the job of the judiciary to interpret law. It's the job of the executive (e.g. the sheriff's office) to execute those interpretations. I know most Americans have fogotten this facet of the way things work here in the last 7 years - but , I assure you, it's still the basis of our State Governments, at least.
The Sheriff has the power to release inmates from his jail for many different reasons and he exercises that power virtually every day. It is SOP to the point that he does not normally file with the court, as he is technically required to do. Normally Judges do not interrfer with the power of the Sheriff as this Judge has.
I will not be surprised to see the Sheriff file the proper paper work with the court and she will be released to house arrest once again.