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Originally Posted by hyphaenation  would you still say throw the book at him he deserves jail? Why is she going to jail, say apposed to having to do community service with real needy people. Why do some of you want blood? Is it jealousy? hatred? ... or both? |
A lot of accusations in your post. Is it jealous and hateful to expect that an ingrateful rich snob should get the same punishment as I would, should I decide to similarly thumb my nose at the legal system?
Did you read the thread here about the guy who got caught trying to send mushrooms in a potato chip bag? I didn't see anyone rushing to his defence. What's the difference?
http://forums.mycotopia.net/showthread.php?t=21309 (Mushrooms shipped in potato chip bags - busted)
The judge is saying that Paris has been given
repeated chances to make right. She didn't even try. She didn't sign up for her treatment program, she didn't make any attempt to stop driving. She just thumbed her nose at the law as if it didn't apply to her. She's not the only person to go to jail after repeated alcohol/DWS charges. Her sentence is in no way extreme. If you or I were to go to court for the same charges and not appear contrite, there is a good chance we would have gotten the same sort of sentence. And, in all likelihood, she will serve very little of her sentence.
Michelle Rodriguez, of Lost fame, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for violating her alcohol charge with another alcohol charge. She ended up being released from jail the same day she entered. Paris is going to that same jail; it's reasonable to expect a similar result.
Community service is given when the judge feels a person is remorseful about their crime and when they would benefit from it. Perhaps she expected to get community service. That would have been just another day on the set of The Real Life for her. Cameras and gawkers all around. She could go panty-less and cause a big stir in the papers. It would be just another spectacle for her and for us.
Many of us are all too aware of what will happen if we are caught growing mushrooms. That's another discussion in itself. I doubt any of us here will get the opportunity to break our probation
twice in 45 days by growing more mushrooms. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong to grow mushrooms, it
is against the law. When the day comes that I go to jail for mushrooms, I will not be blaming the judge and prosecutor for my actions.
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Hilton wept and her mother, Kathy, yelled at the prosecutor, "You're pathetic," as the packed courtroom cleared.
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