Let-Em-Loose Baca Overruled By Judge...

So Paris-ite goes back to the slammer.

"Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was calm but apparently irked by (Sheriff) Baca's decision to release Hilton three days into her sentence due to an unspecified "medical condition."

"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," Sauer said. "At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home."

The hearing was requested by the city attorney's office, which had prosecuted Hilton and wanted Baca held in contempt for releasing Hilton despite Sauer's expressed order that she must serve her time in jail. The judge took no action on the contempt request.

A member of the county counsel's staff said Baca was willing to come to court with medical personnel. The judge did not take him up on the offer.

Assistant City Attorney Dan F. Jeffries argued that Hilton's incarceration was purely up to the judge. "Her release after only three days erodes confidence in the judicial system," he said.

Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, implored the judge to order a hearing in his chambers to hear testimony about Hilton's medical condition before making a decision. The judge did not respond to that suggestion.

Another of her attorneys, Steve Levine, said, "The sheriff has determined that because of her medical situation, (jail) is a dangerous place for her."

"The court's role here is to let the Sheriff's Department run the jail," he said.

The judge interrupted several times to say that he had received a call last Wednesday from an undersheriff informing him that Hilton had a medical condition and that he would submit papers to the judge to consider. He said the papers never arrived.

Every few minutes, the judge would interrupt proceedings, state the time on the clock, and note that the papers still had not arrived.

He also noted that he had heard that a private psychiatrist visited Hilton in jail, and he wondered if that person played a role in deciding her medical needs."

So a rich girl throws a tantrum and her army of psychiatrists "convinces" cough, bribes, a beaner Sheriff into releasing her, but since someone forgot to pay off the judge she's back in jail. Where she belongs. You or I get caught on a DUI then break probation TWICE by driving with a suspended license and guess what?

There'd better be a terminal cancer lurking somewhere or it's some hefty fines and jail time. And any other Sheriff that had padded county payrolls with as many cronies, or accepted anywhere the near the amount of "gifts" as Baca, or pocketed campaign donations from Hilton's family then set her free would be looking at some incarceration drama himself. Not that bribing law enforcement is anything newsworthy, but please now. Lots of people happened to be watching this one, Sheriff. The only thing that irked me was Reverend Al was whining that our little Paris-ite should be back behind bars, and ANYTHING that Sharpton wants I'm against.

Rich kids, dirty cops, race-baiting reverends. No wonder the world is watching.