"At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home on Kings Road," Judge Michale T. Sauer said. He was not happy with the press reports that Paris was going to "phone in" the 9:00 Friday, June 8 hearing either.
"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said of the decision to release Hilton from jail after three days.
"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said of the decision to release Hilton from jail after three days.
According to the AP: The decision by Sheriff Lee Baca to move Hilton chafed prosecutors and Judge Sauer, who spelled out during sentencing that Hilton was not allowed to serve house detention. California Attorney General Jerry Brown criticized the Sheriff's Department for letting Hilton out of jail, saying he believed she should serve out her sentence.
"It does hold up the system to ridicule when the powerful and the famous get special treatment," Brown told The Associated Press in an interview before testifying at a congressional hearing in Washington.
"I'm sure there's a lot of people who've seen their family members go to jail and have various ailments, physical and psychological, that didn't get them released," he said. "I'd say it's time for a course correction."
It looks like she may to face the full 45 days as well. I think they're being a little tough on her. I'm not sure that your average citizen would be facing the same punishment she's looking at, even with her prior behavior and/or stupidity. I think her soiree with a few dozen close friends at home last night didn't make her look any better either.
The Los Angeles County jail system is so overcrowded that attorneys and jail officials have said it is not unusual for nonviolent offenders like Hilton to be released after serving as little as 10 percent of their sentences.
I totally understand why all the presses have stopped for this update, and will continually throughout the weekend. After all, what could possibly be more importaint than this celebutard's sleeping arrangement?
BTW - Gen. Peter Pace will not retain his position as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his term ends in September, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
