Paris Hilton on Larry king show.

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by Shimmer Please substantiate this with statistics outside of the Los Angeles area, preferably nationwide, taking in rural areas as well as metropolitan.

LA times article that was published during her incarceration already did that. I believe it was linked earlier in this thread.

Edit: Actually after going through this one, it was probably the other thread that was like 899079867 pages long.

I'll find the actual article if needed... But this is the gist of it...

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Survey: "Paris Hilton Serving More Time Than Average" 6/15/07 Socialite Paris Hilton will end up spending longer in jail than most inmates locked up for similar offences, according to a survey carried out by the Los Angeles Times. Critics have claimed the 26-year-old is receiving preferential treatment inside - but the results of the survey reveal Hilton will serve more time than 80 per cent of people jailed for similar drink-driving crimes. When the hotel heiress was sent back to jail last Friday (08Jun07), after a judge reversed a decision allowing her to complete her sentence under house arrest, Hilton's lawyer confirmed she would serve the full 23 days behind bars. The Los Angeles Times analyzed two million jail releases and found 1,500 cases since July 2002 that involved circumstances similar to Hilton violating her probation on a drink-driving conviction. Of these, researchers found the average sentence was 14 days - nine less than Hilton's - and inmates were released after serving an average four days in jail.

I think taking into account 2 million jail releases is plenty to satisfy your need for "statistics."

Also...

Considering all the people crying special treatment, for example Al Sharpton, suddenly stoped making a big deal about it after the LA Times report, it's pretty obvious there was no special treatment. People have even given up trying to get the Sherif on charge of the Jail she was in fired. Because there was no special treatment when she's serving more time.

 

[Shimmer]

Actually, it's not. It's not taking into consideration the countless rural towns across America where driving on a suspended license not once but twice does in fact cost them a month in jail. Towns where the authorities have the time and the resources to enforce the law.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by Shimmer Actually, it's not. It's not taking into consideration the countless rural towns across America where driving on a suspended license not once but twice does in fact cost them a month in jail. Towns where the authorities have the time and the resources to enforce the law.

Thats really not relevant to Paris's case though. She wasn't driving on a suspended liscence in the sticks. She was in LA.

I'm sure you could find cases all over the world where people are treated worse than they are in the "rural towns across america" for comitting similar crimes. Doesn't mean what happens there, has any relevance to what happens in the rural towns. Your comparing apples to oranges Shimmer. Just because they are both fruit, doesn't mean they are the same.

Even so, since by your logic, everyone in LA gets special treatment, when compared to random_rural_town_01. That just makes Paris's case normal, not the exception for LA, since everyone there gets special treatment anyways.

 

[Janice]

Thread closed. I don't condone arguing over Paris.