I have no patience for these people. Cry me a freakin river Lohan.

I thinks that’s probably right. Yet it seemed to me that Lohan also got special treatment because of her celebrity and profession in the first place. What goes around comes around. Wasn’t her being allowed to travel for film shoots and to awards ceremony a bit more freedom than a non celebrity would have been awarded? She abused her chance to work and socialize and the judge simply had enough of it.

She should have realized that those court assigned alcohol education classes were in no way optional. This isn’t a mix and match game where she could do some of the things required of her and not do others. Yes, I think that she is the victim of celebrity justice but also this young lady is on a road to personal destruction. The judge may have felt that a long sentence could be her last wake up call – a final chance to clean up her legal problems and, hopefully, to get her to seriously and honestly address her substance abuse problems.

Dan Abrams can’t hide it for too long. The founder of Mediaite is a jerk. Lohan receive an extremely light sentence for drunk driving, mocking the court, and not taking her probation seriously.

This just revealed: “Yes, La Lohan had the F-bomb etched into the nailpolish on her middle finger throughout yesterday’s hearing [click here for an uncensored image]. Sure Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel seemingly had it in for Lindsay, but it’s not like the sentence was undeserved.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/lohan_eff_you_to_the_court_ORw93RZzRs1mIKoWmJ3DIM

The key point per Dan Abrams is..Abrams did not defend the troubled former child actor, though he did make clear what he viewed as different judicial standards at play in this case.”

Is there a different judicial standard? I break the rules…I pay the consequences..

Hmmm. Ignoring the order of the court, missing a hearing, violating terms of probation and bail. Seems to me she got off easy here. Dan will always side with the rich and famous since he so desperately wants to be one.

If I can’t do my job because of court impositions other people suffer as well.

Personal responsibility would make me adhere to the court’s rulings and not try to argue.

Celebrities and lots of other people think they get can away with anything and then ‘fess up after the fact and say it always was just a big mistake and that it will never happen again.

The judge/prosecutor did it right

The over logged court system shouldn’t be a hand-holding mechanism for “certain” people. She’s out of jail in 1/4 of her time sentenced plus rehab.

How much money did her actions cost the people that work with/for her?

That’s where personal responsibility strikes.

Liberty Banned said:
I have no patience for these people. Cry me a freakin river Lohan.

You have the most ironic handle.

Suffice it to say that the law and order conservatives are big on arresting people.

Walkure, suffice it to say that talking to you is like whistling an aria to a dead person.

30 days was sufficient. 90 days is overkill.

A great segment with Dan Abrams.
Thanks for posting, Colby….and I am not just saying this to get “brownie” points from your boss……ok…I am….

mproust said:
Walkure, suffice it to say that talking to you is like whistling an aria to a dead person.

American has more people under arrest than Iran or Russia combined.

American has more people under arrest than Iran or Russia combined.”

Sounds like America has more criminals than Iran and Russia combined.

notsofast said:
American has more people under arrest than Iran or Russia combined.” Sounds like America has more criminals than Iran and Russia combined.

Yep, nothing like the land of the free. The libertarians would significantly reduce both the number of crimes and the number of criminals.

If you break a law…shouldn’t you be held accountable?

Such as, driving under the influence. Twice.

From what I understand, in my state, I’m thrown in jail for 3 days with a huge fine, lose my DL for 6 months, lose my preferred insurance and certainly have to explain to my boss why I have become less than capable of performing my normal work duties.

Therefore, I don’t drink and drive.

Abrams:

You know better than this. The purpose of sentencing is not just for punishment, it is also for deterrence (and retribution). A celebrity is not going to be given the same sentence as Joe 6-Pack because the deterrence factor is not the same. Fines hit the average smuck pretty hard, but for someone like Lohan not so much. Probation community service also hits regular people much more hardly than it would a celeb who can make time much more easily than someone who has to work two jobs just to keep food on the table inside a decent home.

So yes, jail was necessary as it is the only thing that will punish the celebs for there crimes.

I live in Daytona Beach…fast cars and Harleys. For a small town, with a huge tourist population, alcohol and engines are a volatile mix. People die because of stupid mistakes.

That’s the lesson the law provides.

valkyrie101 said:
Suffice it to say that the law and order conservatives are big on arresting people.

I sorta saw this after the fact, but I don’t think law and order conservatives want to bust anyone…I think they just expect everyone to follow the duly appointed rules and probably would be the first to help someone if a rule was incorrect.

lazzzlo said:
I sorta saw this after the fact, but I don’t think law and order conservatives want to bust anyone…I think they just expect everyone to follow the duly appointed rules and probably would be the first to help someone if a rule was incorrect.

They not only want to bust someone, they want lots of money to do that too.

Yes, the Morlocks need an occasional sacrifice, and a little celebrity blood, to make them feel less angry about living in hell.

marcus.lewis said:
So yes, jail was necessary as it is the only thing that will punish the celebs for there crimes.
lazzzlo says:

Yes, the Morlocks need an occasional sacrifice, and a little celebrity blood, to make them feel less angry about living in hell.

the question at hand has nothing to do with comparing our judicial system to that of other countries, valkyrie. The question at hand is a comparison of the different classes within the US and what, if any, disparities exist between rulings in similar cases amongst those classes.

In my home state, if you are lucky enough to receive probation+chem. dependency classes as a sentence for conviction of DUI (many are not) then fail to meet those requirements, you then receive the maximum sentence for that offense (jail time+max fine, which for first offense is 90 days and $10K). I know of NO ONE (again, in my state, not Cal.) who has been allotted the leniency that Ms. Lohan has received other than politicians or TV/sports personalities.

To suggest that celebs get harsher sentences than the average citizen is just silly; to suggest that celebs get harsher sentences than those unfortunate defendants who suffer court appointed attorneys is just ignorant.

Money=Power=Influence. Isn’t that what capitalism is all about?:)