Locklear Pleads No Contest to Reckless Driving

Further proof that there's a $1,000 defense (most likely provided by a lawyer on smack & you'll serve the max sentence), a $10,000 defense (most likely a lawyer that'll get you either a high fine/no jail or no fine/jail) & a $100,000 defense (most likely to get you off w/ minimal loss).
A $700 fine, 3 yrs. probie & 12 hr. drug-ed program is practically getting off scott-free.
Would the Average Joe/Jane get the same minimal punishment for the same thing? :) henry

I know someone just just got a DUI and blew a .09 3 weeks ago.

He's getting:
$3000 in court/legal fines.
4 days picking up trash on the side of the freeway.
3 years probation
3 months alcohol classes
30 days suspended license
4 months restricted license.

And that's after he paid $2000 on a lawyer.

It's nice to know we treat our local celebs so kindly around here, but the average working class gets the full brunt of the law.

F@KC the poilice!

Bronc, it ain't the popo that makes the judgement, it's a judge & if they're swayed by the celeb status of a person, well, let's just say that is in a word WRONG!
Remember that judges are also lawyers who get to preside over other judges.
Remember when then UCSB chancellor Euhling got popped for a DUI on the 217 (back in 1987)?
Well, talk about giving somebody a walk free card! I don't even think she had to attend AA classes & whatnot.
The police just enforce, but the jurist(s) makes the penalty & that my friend, is where the problem lies :) henry

Must have been Judge Ochoa. He lets all the female drunks off the hook. As if that isn't bad enough, he sends them to rehab where they are educated so the county can hire them as drug & alcohol counselors!

Yes, I am not sure weather to laugh of be disgusted. Any normal person gets the cookie cutter recipe listed above. Also included is a free orange vest with SWAP written on the back and the privilege of cleaning out men's and women's bathrooms(with all the joys the come along with it) in one of our county parks at 7am on Sat and Sunday morning for a month.
I have a friend who is an attorney, mentioned that you will not even be afforded the respect to speak in a court of the good old boys club if you are thinking of not getting an attorney. It is ridiculous. The flipside is who do we have to blame? We vote these TOOLS of justice in, correct? When is the last time any one had a judges debate we could ask the question: If a celebrity was busted, would you let them off easy if they hired an expensive attorney?

I think it comes down to circumstances. This morning on the news on KJEE it was said that it wasn't an "alcohol or drug" related offense. Well, what was she on then? Even the media can't get it right.
If it was a pharmaceutical drug she was on, well, guess what? IT'S STILL A DRUG!
MAn, if any of us ever tried to pull that stunt, we'd get SO popped! :) henry

The only circumstances it comes down to is the size of her wallet.

Southern CA is a bad joke - it is simply outrageous that people like Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan and now Heather Locklear all have their DUI-related offenses treated less seriously than spitting on the sidewalk, with no punishment of any consequence being imposed. Quite apart from the disgraceful and offensive double-standard being applied, the public is led to believe DUI is not taken seriously here. Santa Barbara itself has seen some horrific accidents and deaths (including the tragic deaths of Laura Cleaves and Dr. Shlensky to name but two) caused by DUI drivers, and more innocent people will be killed by drunk or drugged drivers here until prosecutors and judges start treating these offenses like the violent and horrific crimes they are. Sunday night's "60 Minutes" (viewable on the CBS website) devoted a segment to a District Attorney in Naussau Cty (New York) who takes these cases seriously, prosecuting drunk drivers who kill, and convicting them of murder. A similar approach would provide this town and southern CA generally with a badly needed wake-up call.

Bimboteskie:"The only circumstances it comes down to is the size of her wallet."
The circumstance thing was meant on another context, but ain't that the truth!
Justice, those are the facts when it comes to these spoiled stars & the treatment they get. Ever wonder why some of them think they can do NO wrong?
It's the TMZ generation & something has to give :) henry

I mean, come on, look at the picture above. What are the circumstances? Meth? Blow? Antidepressants? Niquil? mixed with a chardonnay? Some other personal drama that we have all read about?
Any normal person would be going thru the system regardless of the circumstances. Maybe they (honerable judge what's his face) figured it would be more of a headache for her to go thru the system locally than it was worth, and spared us all the media circus.

You are all so funny, not to mention a bunch of whiners! I can't imagine any of you actually knows the whole truth to this story, just what you heard/read in the paper, tv, radio... Like we know what really went down. I am 100% against driving impaired, but we were not in that court room, we are the ones that don't have a clue (not the judge). So just get over it.