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Originally Posted by SuperFemme

Lindsay Lohan is out of jail hours after a judge revoked her bail

September 25, 2010

Lindsay Lohan walked out of the Los Angeles County women's jail in Lynwood on Friday night, capping an unusual day of legal twists in which one judge overturned another's decision to jail the actress without bail on a probation violation.

The star of "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls" was processed out of the Century Regional Detention Facility about 11:40 p.m. Friday after posting $300,000 bail. She was whisked out of a back door and driven to an undisclosed location.

Beverly Hills Judge Elden Fox had ordered Lohan jailed without bail until a hearing Oct. 22 on whether Lohan should be incarcerated for using drugs in violation of her probation on a drunk-driving conviction.

It also appeared to be an effective way to skirt Los Angeles County's early release policy and keep Lohan incarcerated for a month. The actress has twice received jail sentences but both times served less time than ordered because of overcrowding at the women's jail. Most female inmates serve a quarter of their sentence.

But the attorney for Lohan, Shawn Chapman Holley, immediately challenged the legality of holding her client without bail based on a probation violation for a misdemeanor.

"The case law is clear," Chapman Holley said after the court hearing. "She is entitled to bail."

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patricia M. Schnegg sided with Chapman Holley's argument that under California law, a misdemeanor defendant is entitled to bail and about 6 p.m. signed the order granting a writ of habeas corpus.

But in posting bail, Lohan must agree to conditions, including wearing a SCRAM alcohol and drug detection device, refraining from being in areas where alcohol or drugs are being consumed, and be subject to immediate search by law enforcement.

-- Andrew Blankstein

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-her-bail.html

I is exactly this crap that makes me nuts about our "justice" system! If she were poor, a POC, maybe even male.... would this happen? I am so sick of these snibbling rich white girls getting these kinds of breaks. Yes, I have a bias!

I remember one night (way back in the late 1950's) my brother (age 17) had been arrested for driving under the influence. He wrecked my Mom's car, had minor injuries and thankfully did not hurt anyone else.

The hospital called to ask my parents if it was OK to stitch his cuts. My Mom said, "stitch his whole ass, let me talk to the cops!" Then she told the officer to let him sit in jail for the night and Hell yes, he has to face charges. she and my Dad did go check to see that he was really, OK, but told him he was going to have to stay the rest of the weekend in custody.

He had been getting out of hand and my folks had finally had it. They knew they could not just bail him out of things. The judge (after looking at his records) said he could do time (this time, as an adult) or if my parents signed for him, go into the service. He went into the army reserve for 6 years which ended up being a really good thing in terms of his learning to take responsibility and frankly, helped him develop other employment skills. Later he used to say that this was a turning point for him and that if my parents would have bailed him out, he probably would have ended up killing someone else or himself while driving drunk.

I also remember both of my parents crying when he went off to boot camp. He was, too.