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"Paris Hilton Gets Year's Probation, No Jail"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this hard-hitting piece from People magazine, which provides the latest sentencing news on the latest development in the celebrity war on drugs.  Here are the plea and sentencing details (with a little pit of courtroom fashion thrown in): Appearing before a Las Vegas judge first thing Monday morning regarding her Aug. 27 drug arrest, Paris Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors ? drug possession and obstructing an officer ? but avoided jail time. Just as the District Attorney had confirmed over the weekend, under the terms of the plea, Hilton, 29, was placed on probation for a year. If she is arrested in the next year she will face a year behind bars. Clark County Detention Center Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure, told Hilton, "The purpose here is to change your conduct...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).