Paris Given a Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card

Posted by Maggie Van Ostrand (maggie@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 8, 2007

Paris didn’t like being in jail, even though she was given phone privileges and allowed visitors. Perhaps she didn’t like the way she looked in orange. She doesn’t have to worry now, because she’s been released for “health reasons.” At least for now.

Paris was visited in jail by her psychiatrist who treated her for “the trauma of confinement.”

A Reuters News release reports “Paris Hilton was let out of jail early and put under house arrest on Thursday, drawing fire from prosecutors and court officials and sparking public debate about celebrity justice.

“Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said he was “concerned that the judicial process may have been improperly circumvented” and directed his office to open an inquiry.

“A statement from the Los Angeles Superior Court said the decision to release Hilton for unspecified health reasons after she had served three days of her three-week sentence was made without the consent of the sentencing judge.

“And at least three members of the five-member county Board of Supervisors challenged the early release. One, Yvonne Burke, called for an investigation. Another, Mike Antonovich, called it “a mockery of due process.”

“You’re dealing with a spoiled brat, acting out to get her way instead of serving her time as was adjudicated by the courts,” he said.

“Officials said Hilton, 26, was sent home early on Thursday wearing an electronic ankle bracelet to track her movements and ordered confined to her Hollywood Hills house for 40 days.”

“Medical” is the reason for her early release, according to azcentral.com, but Sheriff Lee Baca refuses to say if “medical” means physical or psychological.

She is scheduled to go to court Friday, June 9th, to see if her early release goes over well with the sentencing judge. You remember that sentence, don’t you? 45 days. Whoops, that was reduced to 23. Whoops again. That was reduced to, what was it, three days?

It’s refreshing to know that American justice is alive and well, if you’re a celebrity.

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