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Originally Posted by american pervert
Since it's a waste of money, how should we punish a habitual law breaker who has no respect for any aspect of the justice system? Lets not forget her finger nail that had "fuck off" on it.
Judges are big on respect and that is what Lindsey lacks. Her actions in the past are taken in consideration when new bails are set. Yeah, it sucks and costs the state and the taxpayers money, but until you come up with a better way to punish people, we are stuck. Personally, I think a good public caning (ala Singapore) would be a much better course of action.
75k might seem high for one charge. My last bail was at 100k but I did a bit more than steal a necklace. However, don't forget that Judges like to make a point and I'm sure the bail was high based on who it was. Maybe she'll stop acting like a brat and grow up.
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I'm not saying she shouldn't be punished. I'm simply saying that they are wasting money, time and resources with how they are going about it. As I said, if it were me who did this the odds are the entire thing would have been handled with one meeting and I would have either been sent to jail or had my probation extended or whatever the punishment was going to be and the only involvement a judge would have had would have been to hear my plea and the sentence me to the agreed up on punishment and/or add to it for violating probation.
In this case it seems like the prosecutor has had a personal vendetta against Lohan and had been hell bent on making an example of her simply because of who she is. She isn't the first person to disrespect the court or violate her probation, but this whole thing has become a spectacle with each side trying to one up each other. Had it been me or any other anonymous person chances are the prosecutor would have reduced the charges and offered a reasonable plea deal right from the start, but this one was hell bent on sending Lindsay back to jail at all costs.
I have a few friends who are cops in my town and they talk about how there are some people who have been arrested many times, often over a dozen times, for similar things and yet they get very little bail, never go to jail and get a million second chances. I'm not saying that is right either, but the system should be consistent for everyone no matter who you are.