Since when is a DUI a meaningless offense? I have had friends killed by drunk drivers. She fucked up not once, not twice, but THREE times!!! She got what she deserved.
Agreed; it's no joke.
Unfortunately her mom only spoiled her so she'll get the needed reality check in jail.
Sheriff under fire in Paris Hilton case LOS ANGELES - This is not the first time that Lee Baca, the sheriff who opened the jail door for Paris Hilton , has had his judgment questioned.
Now Baca is facing accusations of favoritism after making the decision that allowed Hilton to leave jail Thursday to serve out her sentence at her West Hollywood home.
The union representing deputy sheriffs demanded that Baca "put a stop to his special treatment for celebrity inmates." And county Supervisor Don Knabe said he was stunned to find out Baca released Hilton without consulting the court.
The county Board of Supervisors will demand a report on Hilton‘s release and Baca‘s decision-making in the matter, Knabe said.
When Mel Gibson was arrested for drunken driving, the department withheld video and audio tapes of the arrest, asserting they were exempt from open-government laws.
"When a celebrity is involved, that‘s when people pay attention," said Robert Stern of the Center for Governmental Studies, a research group. "The big question ... is why didn‘t the sheriff go to the judge" before Hilton was released.
Last year, the Los Angeles Times reported Baca put one of his closest friends on the payroll as a $105,000-a-year adviser.
In 2004, he took more gifts than California‘s other 57 sheriffs combined.
Jonathan Wilcox, a Republican strategist who teaches a course on politics and celebrity at the University of Southern California, said Baca may be caught between public expectations and the reality of the criminal justice system:
"Sheriff Baca needs to be very concerned with at least the impression that the final frontier — the law — is now as affected by celebrity as almost every other aspect of our lives."
