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Lindsay Lohan was arrested this week for failing to complete her court-ordered community service, which is in violation of her probation. The actress has violated probation several times in recent years, but posted bail right away and was given a different type of community service to complete. What should happen to Lindsay Lohan, and is she getting special treatment due to her celebrity?
Special Treatment
In Ask Your Target Market’s latest survey, 55.3% of respondents said that celebrities always get special treatment in court, and another 36.3% said they sometimes do. Only 6.3% said they don’t, and 2.3% had no opinion. However, 91.5% said that celebrities don’t deserve this special treatment. Only 2% said they do, and 4% said they do sometimes.
Violating Probation
As for Lohan’s probation violations, 34.8% said that a person should only get one chance to violate probation before being handed prison time or some other harsh punishment, and another 20% said that a person should have zero chances to violate probation before harsher punishment is handed out. Only 14.1% said that a person should get more than one chance, and 31.3% said that it should depend on the situation.
What Next?
So what should happen next for Lindsay Lohan? 78.3% believe she should go to prison for multiple probation violations. 34.3% said she should have to pay more fines. 31.3% said she should be given more community service. 21.8% said she should be sent to a rehab facility. Only 1% said she should not receive any additional punishment.Lindsay Lohan’s multiple probation violations and self-destructive tendencies make her both a sad and frustrating case. Even with special treatment, she can’t hope to continue on her current path for much longer. With the actress get help and make a comeback, or is more jail time in the works for LL?Photo Credit: Lindsay Lohan from Flickr
