Is this customary in California to let people choose when they go to jail? Maybe its just my state (Michigan) but whenever someone is sentenced to jail they have to go immediately. They don't get 2 months notice before they go. Is this just a California thing? I'm curious to know.
2007-08-04 00:34:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Dembo- thats what I was thinking but I didn't know if maybe *everyone* in CA gets to choose the date that they go to jail.
2007-08-04 00:38:03 · update #1
It is VERY common in California to allow someone who is not a flight risk and who receives a short jail sentence to postpone reporting to jail in order to get their affairs in order, avoid employment disruption, etc. She is not getting any special treatment in that.
2007-08-06 09:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In NY, we regularly give people time to get their affairs in order. For example, I allocuted a defendant to their crimes on thursday to a felony Burglary 2nd degree. (Burlarized a home) and that's when his conviction was entered. The defendant is voluntarily going to the probation department, where they will prepare a pre sentencing investigation report (PSI). This will show all prior convictions, describe the crime from the point of view of the victims and the police and make a recommendation for jail, probation, community service or a conditional discharge. They usually take about 6 weeks to prepare and during this time, the defendant stays out of custody.
Additionally, on the next court date, the defendant's attorney can request from the court an adjournment again for his client to surrender. We expect this on the next court date in september, since his child will have some sort of surgery that we're already aware of and the prosecutor and court will consent to another adjournment.
So yes, we do allow defendants a couple of adjournments, for good reason, in order to get affairs in order.
Oh yeah, he's serving 6 months jail and 5 years probation on his conviction.
2007-08-04 00:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by LawGunGuy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
She has money...and with money comes power! Its all about the money,we all know judges can be paid off too.
2007-08-04 02:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by 2Bad4U 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cause she's a loser, and everyone one knows losers get treated better than us non-losers.
2007-08-04 00:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by smokindoggy 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
judges discretion
2007-08-04 00:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think its cuz she is a celebrity. if she were anyone else, she would be in right away.
2007-08-04 00:36:57 · answer #6 · answered by Dembo 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋