Lindsay Lohan has had all possible felonies dropped. Instead, she will face seven misdemeanor counts, which means she is looking at 24 hours of jail time and community service. Lindsay is the third pop tart/celebuskank in line to face minimal time in jail. However, in truth Lindsay had the worst of the offenses due to being in possession of cocaine. At this point, the Santa Monica District Attorney is planning on letting Lindsay off for those charges. Citing her hard home life as one of the reasons for the lack of felony charges, it seems as if Lindsay is just the latest Hollywood tart to get special treatment.

Other reasons Lindsay is getting an easy break include the closeness of the incidents, the “questionable” means in which the cocaine was seized (doesn’t this always seem to happen in the L.A. area?), her age, the fact she went into rehab immediately preceding each incident (not that rehab seems to work) and the amount of cocaine that she had on her.

While 24 hours of jail time may seem like a “lot” for a pop tart like Lindsay, she’ll be lucky to serve an hour. After all former friend, nemesis, friend, nemesis…er friend (who keeps up anyway?) Nicole Richie served just 82 hours of a four day sentence due to overcrowding in the L.A. jails.

Coincidentally, this is the same jail the on-again, off-again friend of both Nicole and Lindsay, head celebutante and dimwit extraordinaire, Paris Hilton, spent her grueling time in prison, though Paris did have to serve more time then both of the girls combined. Paris is probably seething considering a judge ordered her back to jail, while Nicole spent less than two hours (82 minutes) in her prison cell, if she even saw one at all.

While the L.A. Sheriff and the District Attorneys for all of these cases say these celebrity twits have served more than their fair share of time and/or have received fair treatment, not one of them has truly been treated like just another citizen. If Lindsay weren’t who she was, she’d be facing felony drug charges no matter how much (or little) cocaine she had in her possession. She would also be spending some time behind bars. This is the first time I’ve ever heard a D.A. say a criminal (because that is what Lindsay is, especially considering how many times she has broken the law) had a hard life so they should get a break.

Honestly, isn’t that the story for over 95% of the incarcerated population? They all have had hard lives with a bad home life. In their neighborhood though, it doesn’t matter if they are 17 or 77. They still have to serve time for their crimes with no special benefits. I guess it pays to live in and/or near Beverly Hills.

To further make those of us who already despise her lying, drug addicted self, Lindsay released a statement. To sum it up, it said she was a very naughty girl who was addicted to drugs and alcohol. She took the high road though and got help, again..for what is it..the third time? She’s getting the help she needs for sure this time, she promises. Thank God though that she didn’t hurt anyone because that would be like so bad. She knows that!

Meanwhile, reports are surfacing that Lindsay was out buying beer, taking a detour from her toilet scrubbing duties at the rehab center where she is staying. I’m likely to believe the rag sheets saying she’s doing it then Lindsay herself. After multiple on air, in publication, and through her representative “I’m sorry, I’ll never do it again” speeches, I just don’t believe a word that comes out of her lying, little mouth.

The big question then becomes, what can be done about this? Well we know her shit for parents (aka Miss Party Girl “Teen Wannabe” Dinah and Mr. “I’m a Drunk and run my mouth” Michael, are too dysfunctional themselves to help Lindsay. Hollywood is starting to give up on the actress, which is sad because out of the three girls, she was the only one with some sort of acting talent. If she wants to change her ways, she is truly going to have to cut all ties with partying and her cocaine addicted life, including contact with her mom.

It has become clear that Paris, Nicole, and Lindsay are going to have to kill someone while under the influence (or at least maim someone quite badly) before they will be serving any real jail sentence. Without serving true time, these girls are going to think that they are above the law, and nothing will happen to them unless they do something really bad (like murder someone). The sad part is, that’s more likely to happen then having any of them (except maybe Nicole who appears to at least be making some effort to change her ways, due to being pregnant) straighten up their acts anytime soon.

If you believe Lindsay needs to be in jail longer than 24 hours, and feel Nicole Richie was treated unfairly, let me know by leaving a comment. Perhaps if enough people feel the same way, a petition will be started in an attempt to show the world that those of us “average, every day” citizens are sick of celebrities getting special treatment.

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