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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Brian, don't fall into the trap of focusing on Paris here...of course she'll get a book deal and this will keep her in the public eye (certainly did all day today) BUT it doesn't make it right! The judge really nailed her with a 45 day sentence (extreme by most accounts), then the prison and sheriff Dept folks released her based on what appears to be reasonable criteria, only to have the judge react rather strongly (his anger was toward the decision by Corrections and Sheriff Dept)...at first there was supposed to be a telephonic "hearing" but that wasn't good enough for the judge who ordered the Sheriff to bring her in a marked cruiser in cuffs, after a lengthly "pissing contest" the sheriff caved in and brought her...no evidence was allowed concerning her alleged condition because no paperwork had been sent to the judge by the above staff so he sends her back to jail...don't confuse this with justice, this is nothing more than political powerplaying and pandering!
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there are inmates in l.a. county jails with aids, cancer, and serious heart conditions. none of them get released on medical need.
open heart surgery and kidney transplants get you out.
the judge, when he sentenced her, specifically ruled out serving the sentence at home. the sheriff department ignored that. they also ignored their own well established practice in dealing with requests for early medical release.
the appearence of special treatment seems unavoidable.