[quote name='Strell']Now wait a minute - being jerked around? Is that not the fault of Paris Hilton and/or her attorneys?[/quote]
Perhaps, but I don't see how? Even assuming they're the ones who initiated the request, they were not the ultimate decision makers in a) allowing the reassignment to take place or b) the reversal.
My point is that she should have never been granted a reassignment in the first place if it was not the appropriate course of action. If there was a legitimate reason to reassign her that goes along with LA County precedent, the decision should have stuck, IMHO - but given the recent reversal, either a) it should have never happened in the first place or b) the reversal was based upon who she is. I'm not a big conspiracy theorist, so I'll err on the side of the former...so basically, things should have remained as they were if there was a doubt about a reassignment sticking.
if you don't think she's getting preferential treatment given simply who she is, then I would like you prove that by performing the same actions she has and getting caught, and then reporting back to us in ___ to ___ weeks/months/years, whatever your state laws provide for.
If you're talking preferential treatment with regards to her sentence, hey, you may be right. The extent of my knowledge of LA County legal precedent lies on only the tiny tidbits I've heard referred to in the aftermath of this Paris Hilton saga...none of which I've seen necessarily conclude some gross manipulation of a typical sentencing, but I don't claim to be able to declare one way or the other conclusively. I just go on what has been decided in this case alone. What would happen to me in Alabama has nothing to do with my evaluation of
this particular situation.
If you're talking preferential treatment with regards to the rest of the process (being granted house arrest, being isolated from genpop, etc), then perhaps, yeah. She's certainly not the first inmate to be reassigned to house arrest, though...and perhaps all of the other strings the jail has to pull for her HELPED her get that reassignment, an advantage normal folks would not receive. But those strings are a necessary benefit, IMHO. Of course she's going to receive a
unique treatment with regards to much of this process - the isolation, the greater-than-usual protection from being exploited, etc...she SHOULD receive that, after evaluating potential extraordinary risks to her, that should all be taken into consideration for how she is dealt with as an inmate and a human being.
I am not, however, convinced that it's
all as simple as "she's famous and rich, she'll give us stuff, PLEASE HER." The natural advantages she has because of her situation surely help in some aspects, but it seems pretty darn skeptical to relegate every decision here (the initial parole, the sentencing, the house arrest decision) squarely to her status and nothing more. I could be wrong, but to prove otherwise would be a huge stretch.
Also, I fail to see this as a witch hunt.
I'm not talking a witch hunt with regards to the court (the other like-minded poster in this thread may be, though). Personally, I'm talking the public reaction to each step in this process...the vilification, the tired jokes, the cries for comeuppance, etc. None of that has stemmed from any alleged preferential treatment as of late, it stems back to who Paris Hilton is. To some people, that's a perfectly acceptable reason to take the aforementioned attitude...to others, myself included, it's pretty lame. Just a difference of opinion, I suppose.
ing 45 days in jail plus her own cell. 
