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Lindsay Lohan provides yet another opportunity to debate the (un)real aspects of celebrity sentencing justice

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this piece from the always hard-hitting US Magazine, which is headlined "Lindsay Lohan Likely Won't Serve 90 Days," a former child star and current celebrity train wreck is putting another spotlight on how wayward celebrities get treated by criminal justice systems. Here are the basics: She may have been ordered to serve 90 days in the slammer, but Lindsay Lohan probably won't stay behind bars for that long. Steve Whitmore, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, tells Access Hollywood that generally non-violent females, such as the 24-year-old actress, are eligible to serve just 25 percent of their sentence. In Lohan's case, that would wind up at around 22 days. The reason: Severe jail overcrowding. However, it remains unclear whether the judge will forbid an early release...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).