This whole thing with Lindsay just goes to show how fucked up the legal system is. I understand they want to show that stars don't get special treatment, but this is ridiculous.
First off, after her hearing where she entered a plea of not guilty she was found to be in violation of her probation and sentenced to 120 days. Her lawyer appealed and that is the only time she is going to get. During that heard her charges were dropped from a felony to a misdemeanor. However, her bail while out on appeal was set at $75K. There are people that get arrested a dozen times for a variety of much worse crimes and and get a bail of around $10-$20K. They spent tens of thousands of dollars (maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars) on this case all for what? She will sever a couple of week on house arrest and do some community service?
The idea about the law is that it is there to serve the public interest. I think it would have better served the public had they just ended this quickly and used that money to go after people who were actually harming the public.
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