Hilton Sent Back to Jail in Hysterics

I stated my disagreement to privilege in court in a different article. With some corrections and not major changes it goes:

I disagree that wealth or money should have anything to do with it. Many claim our country's largely based on John Lock's Second Treatise of Government— (1690) which says in its section, "Of Civil Government" in Chapter 6 on "Of the Extent of Legislative Power," that the law should be applied equally. Hobbes talks in it a similar fashion, but Locke says society's boundaries include having"promulgated established laws, not to be varied in particular cases, but to have one rule for rich and poor, for the favourite at court, and the country man at plough." John Locke was a very wealthy and successful doctor too.

Paris has already served more time than Michelle Rodriguez, arguably a more popular actress but certainly not richer nor more public than Ms. Hilton. Her deserving release has nothing to do with wealth. It has to do with justice and fairness. Michelle also got accused and convicted of more serious crimes. People's rights are being abused by Judge Sauer and the LA prosecutor, especially Paris's.

regular people showing that kind of defiance to a judge who has shown u lenience in the past WOULD go to jail.
And yeah some people can talk themselves into more than average time.

bartleby - the judge is probably making an example of her because of her high profile. Everyone can read about continuing to violate the law. Yes this goes on all the time with "regular people", but most people don't know about it. When you have a high profile scofflaw like Paris out there, well, something needs to be done. It's one thing for the police to claim they can't monitor everyone on probation and another to be confronted with one who is breaking the law over and over and they aren't taking any action.

I posted a seed about the Sheriff. It seems his rank and file are accusing him of being a celebrity groupie.

bartleby 2.6

Um, you're kind of firm in your opinions, huh?

No, regular people generally just get their license suspended, pay a fine, and do some community service.

LOL. I can tell you've never been in trouble with the law.

Let me tell you how it would go down for a regular person.

The DUI wouldn't have gotten dropped to reckless driving.
If it did, it wouldn't have been fines and probation.
If it did, the lock-up for violating probation would have been for more than 45 days.
If it was 45 days, the "good-time" deduction would be a maybe and not a guarantee.
If somehow, a regular person managed to actually get home-detention in violation of a court order, and the judge found out you showed up at 2 minutes to midnight to get a free day credit after publicly partying, the sentence would have been extended with a contempt citation.
A regular person doesn't get the Sheriff to compalin publicly about the sentence.
A regular person doesn't get days where the county employees get their time eaten up with phony psychology BS counted as "good behavior" days.
A regular person gets beat up, raped, and put into a suicidal condition and not a soul at the correctional facility will even consider moving that person to "home release".

You might think that it's all fun and games when you get busted by the cops, but believe me it's not. Cops, Judges, and Correctional Officers have very little sympathy for people who get caught driving on a suspended license twice on probation for reckless driving dealt down from a DUI, and certainly NO sympathy for those who get teary eyed because they ended up in a private room in the slammer.

Try again. I know someone who went through it. Jail Time + probation + a breathalyzer monitor to keep the car running. First offense. Two blocks from home in a residential neighborhood. No accident. Barely blew over the limit. The financial ramifications lasted years - from defense attorney costs to car insurance premiums to the increased cost of financing a car to the cost of equipment that had to get installed in the car and so on and so on.

People like Paris Hilton get out of it. Regular people don't. I'd even go so far as to say that money and fame doesn't matter in a lot of communities outside of LA.

Steve, since MADD has been instrumental in the crackdown on DUI, where are they in the Paris case?

Good point epiphany. Something tells me a few dollars in the right pockets kept them away. This is too high profile of a case for them not to show up with signs and pitchforks asking for donations.

Steve @ 2.13

And your point is even more excellent.

grrrrrr DUI is DUI, no matter who is doing the D U I.

And yeah some people can talk themselves into more than average time.

What about the right against self incrimination?

LOL. I can tell you've never been in trouble with the law.

Let me tell you how it would go down for a regular person.

The DUI wouldn't have gotten dropped to reckless driving.
If it did, it wouldn't have been fines and probation.
If it did, the lock-up for violating probation would have been for more than 45 days.
If it was 45 days, the "good-time" deduction would be a maybe and not a guarantee.
If somehow, a regular person managed to actually get home-detention in violation of a court order, and the judge found out you showed up at 2 minutes to midnight to get a free day credit after publicly partying, the sentence would have been extended with a contempt citation.
A regular person doesn't get the Sheriff to compalin publicly about the sentence.
A regular person doesn't get days where the county employees get their time eaten up with phony psychology BS counted as "good behavior" days.
A regular person gets beat up, raped, and put into a suicidal condition and not a soul at the correctional facility will even consider moving that person to "home release".

From what I've seen, people purger themselves in court more than getting properly charged with a crime by the DA. They get away with a lot, lie to judges. Lawyers also violate court rules and judges' rulings and get away with it. Isn't that contempt of court?