Lindsay Lohan still not properly punished
 			Written by Sarah   
When  I was sixteen and freshly driver-licensed, I hit a parked car in a  parking lot. Worse, I went home and lied about it to my parents. Of  course my dad called it in to his insurance, and of course it came out  that I hit parked car and left the scene (dude I was scared!). So off to  the police station we go, to file a report for the insurance, but while  we were there a police officer pulled me into an interrogation room and  told me all about jail and what happens to people who don’t tell the  truth and own their responsibility when they do something wrong. I was  scared to death, convinced I was going to jail for hitting a parked car.  I don’t have a perfect driving record but I have never since I left the  scene of an accident. I learned that lesson.
Lindsay Lohan, on  the other hand, has not learned her lesson. At this point, I’m not sure  she ever will. Back in court today for failing a drug test while on  probation, the judge ordered her to return to rehab (she voluntarily  entered the Betty Ford Clinic) until January third. There will be no  more jail time.
I think Lindsay Lohan needs to go to jail. 
At  this point, it isn’t about reviving her career or preserving her  celebrity status. It’s about saving her life. Lindsay has been in and  out of rehab what—four or five times? And for all that rehabbing, she  has never once owned her responsibility, she has never said, “It’s not  the world or the media or my parents. It’s me. I have this problem and I  will deal with it for the rest of my life.” No, when her Scram anklet  goes off it’s because someone poured vodka all over her feet. She only  admitted to failing this most recent drug test when the results were  made public and she scientifically couldn’t argue with them.
There’s  no responsibility here. There is no reason for Lindsay to change her  behavior. Because if stints in rehab is the worst that she gets, well  hell. Why bother? I believe in the value of rehab. I believe it does  save people’s lives. But it isn’t saving Lindsay’s. She isn’t letting  it. It’s time for the next step up. Which is jail.
Lindsay has  already been to jail, but they didn’t make her stay as long as they said  they would. The justice system caved like overindulgent parents. And I  know, people get out of jail early for myriad reasons all the time. The  justice system isn’t perfect. But in Lindsay’s case it seemed like they  just didn’t want to deal with the attention anymore. This time she needs  to go and spend the full amount of time. There’s a standard punishment  for breaking probation—apply it to Lindsay. Take into account how often  she’s voluntarily gone to rehab and how little it helped. It’s time for  the exceptions to stop.
Maybe they have. The judge today  stipulated that Lindsay has to stay in rehab until January 3rd because  he doesn't trust her to remain there if left to her own devices. At  least they're learning.
Whether she’s emerging from rehab on  January third or exiting a penitentiary for the second time at some  point in the future, can we please stop caring about Lindsay Lohan? Can  we stop looking at her and listening to her and following her around?  Maybe that’s the ultimate punishment. To declare her Over.
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