i'm glad i'm not taking the california bar

I feel sorry for my friends taking the California bar assuming they have some sort of essay that covers criminal law and procedure. Hopefully they won't be tested on sentencing (although I would be highly surprised if they were). If sentencing is part of the California bar though, any answer probably is a right one given the ongoing Paris Hilton debacle. Apparently she is now due back in court tomorrow morning after being released after just two measly days in prison for some sort of special medical condition that doesn't exist outside the general prison population apparently.

Here on the east coast, she'd be sitting in jail for a minimum mandatory six months by now. I can only hope for humor's sake that the judge orders her back to prison and forces her attorneys to file more hilarious emergency appeals that will be posted on sites like The Smoking Gun and that by the time the busy California courts get to it, her sentence will be over. I'm sure it will prompt other bloggers to chime their two cents in as well, with additional hilarity.

My original remarks on this Paris Hilton fiasco can be found here: the sentence and the frivolous appeal.

Tags: california's wacky criminal laws, paris hilton