California: Soft on DUI


	California: Soft on DUI

BohemianSpirit

8-24-2007 9:59 AM

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celebrity, lindsay lohan, nicole richie, drunk driving, penalties

BohemianSpirit says:

No wonder these celebrities do what they do. Apparently poor little Paris Hilton served an extremely long and burdensome sentence compared to "everyone else". What's the point of putting these people in jail for just a few hours...or less? Why bother at all? I highly doubt that this is how "everyone" would be treated.

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8-30-2007 10:02 AM

asawchuk

Yeah this is pretty crazy. California has some of the most strict (dare I say draconian) laws on DUI in the country. The treatment of LL is in stark contrast to the way the rest of the population is treated.

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