| The way I understand things, she should have been sent to the hospital for a psychological evaluation, if it was a mental problem. If she kept deteriorating, then she should be assessed to determine the problem. If it was SO bad that she couldn't be treated in the jail's hospital, then she sould be court ordered to go to a mental ward. They can legally keep her for 72 hours to determine what needs to be done. (Like whether or not she needs to be confined and treated in the hospital, given medications, or what.) Then, if she needs to be confined, the court could order an additional 30 days. However, I am not sure if California has "good time" since they are a determinate state. But, if they do allow her to get out early for good behavior, I do not think that any of the time she spends in the hospital would could towards good time.
I personally wonder how serious her condition is since she was able to go out with her friends and party and drink alcohol. I mean, she was able to drink and drive and then recently, crash her car. But, yet, she can't stay in protective custody in jail? Give me a break.
I keep hearing the media say how strict the sentence is (after 4 charges). I can promise you one thing. Those same people would be the first to complain that the court wasn't strict enough if the judge didn't do anything but electronic monitoring, probabtion (which she wasn't obeying), and/or community service (which we know that she won't obey that either). |