Must be nice to be that wealthy
We all know from watching O.J. Simpson's trial that the difference between doing time for a capital crime and going free is how much you're willing to pay your defense attorney. Apparently the same goes for minor felonies too.
The news reports that socialite Paris Hilton was let out of jail this morning after serving only three of her 23-day (reduced from 45 day) sentence for violating probation.
Not that I care a whit about this spoiled, smarmy little rich twat, but I'm just irritated that she's managed to squirm out of serving even the three-week sentence she was given due to "medical considerations" -- apparently she was refusing to eat the food she was being served and complained continuously about how cold and uncomfortable jail was.
Instead she'll serve the rest of her sentence under house arrest.
So there's a great lesson for you, kids: If you're a billionaire heiress, no one cares if you're giving sleazeballs blow jobs on videotape, looking like a jackass on your own national tv show or forgetting to wear your panties. You can even drive drunk if you want to, because if your lawyers make enough of a stink, even the LA County Sheriff's Department will back down and give you what you want.