Celebrities
Actress Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Work in Morgue
Posted Jan 18, 2008, 10:51 am CST
By Martha Neil
Actress Lindsay Lohan's sentence in a recent misdemeanor drunken driving plea deal isn't just the 84 minutes in jail she already served late last year.
It also includes community service work stints in a morgue and a hospital emergency room, under a court program that seeks to impress drunken drivers with the potentially very serious consequences of their crimes, according to the Associated Press.
As discussed in earlier ABAJournal.com posts, Lohan was sentenced in August to two days in jail, 10 days of community service and three years of probation, after pleading no contest to seven misdemeanor counts of drunken driving and cocaine possession concerning two separate arrests earlier in the year.
However, she was given one day of credit for time served so she actually spent only 84 minutes in jail in November to fulfill the sentence. Authorities say this sentence reflects standard practice rather than special treatment for a celebrity.