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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday to 30 days in jail and warned the actress there would be plenty more time behind bars if she violated further court orders.

    Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner imposed the complicated new sentence, telling Lohan she would have to serve more than 400 hours of community service at the county morgue, undergo counseling sessions and report to court frequently to avoid further jail time.

    In all, Sautner sentenced Lohan to 300 days in jail for violating a court order, but said the actress would only serve the additional 270 days if there was another violation.

    In reality, however, the initial 30-day sentence will be significantly shortened by jail overcrowding, with Lohan likely serving only about six days. The actual length of the term will be set by the Sheriff's Department, which oversees county lockups.

    The actress has until Nov. 9 to report for her jail term, and Sautner ruled she cannot serve house arrest, as she did previously this year.

    The judge is keeping a short leash on Lohan, ordering her to report to court for monthly updates between December and March. She said Lohan can no longer leave the country and would have a new "no-nonsense" probation officer.

    The judge said the highly-structured sentence was known in judicial circles as "putting the keys to the jail in the defendant's hands."

    Lohan, 25, acknowledged violating her probation by being terminated from a community service assignment at a women's shelter earlier this year and missing psychotherapy sessions that the judge previously ordered.

    Wearing a polka-dotted dress, Lohan arrived at the courthouse about 10 minutes early and spoke only briefly in court, telling Sautner she understood the sentence and was OK with it.

    Sautner noted that Lohan's popularity in certain circles is low, saying another women's shelter refused to accept her for a community service assignment because she was considered a bad example for the women.

    Lohan's previous probation officer also wanted off the case, and the new officer is under orders to immediately report any violations directly to Sautner.

    It will Lohan's fifth jail sentence since being arrested twice for drunken driving in 2007. She last served 35 days on house arrest on a four-month jail sentence.

    Sautner revoked Lohan's probation at a hearing nearly two weeks ago.

    Sautner, who is the fifth judge that Lohan has faced since her first arrest in 2007, has expressed exasperation with the actress and California's budget-strapped jail system.

    The "Mean Girls" star has been reporting to the Los Angeles morgue regularly, which Sautner ordered her to do at the last court appearance. The judge had sentenced Lohan to serve 120 hours doing janitorial work at the coroner's office in April and expressed hope that the actress would benefit from working three times that amount of hours at a women's shelter.

    Lohan was terminated from the shelter program after failing to show up nine times at the center. She told her probation officer the assignment was not fulfilling, according to the actress' probation report.

    The actress' morgue service has not been without drama. She was turned away the first day after showing up 40 minutes late but has shown up early several times since then. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter declined Tuesday to characterize how Lohan's service was progressing.

    The former Disney star has been sent to jail, rehab, counseling and community service numerous times since being arrested twice for drunken driving in 2007.

    Her probation on that case is nearly over, but her release remains supervised after Lohan pleaded no contest in May to misdemeanor theft for taking a $2,500 necklace without permission in January.

    Once a headlining actress, Lohan's court and personal troubles have overshadowed her career for years.

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    McCartney can be reached at http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP

    What do you think?

    Should Lindsay Lohan go to jail?

    No, community service is enough. Yes and throw away the key!
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    • Stefan  •  6 mths ago
      Is she out yet?
      • Ms Karen 6 mths ago
        Lol! Yeah, I don't know why they even bother with her. They're not going to make her spend too much time in jail so they need to quit threatening it and sentencing her.
      • Dwan 6 mths ago
        i agree with sharp 1 but i jus wish i was her every time i did something unpleasing to the judge lol
      • Geraline 6 mths ago
        She'll be out in 3 days instead of 30...
    • Phil  •  Atlanta, United States  •  6 mths ago
      After reviewing my California legal system handbook translator, 30 days equals 13 hours.
    • Emma  •  6 mths ago
      I love how they keep writing it as "taking a $2,500 necklace without permission." Isn't that called "stealing?"
      • A Yahoo! User 6 mths ago
        That's the beauty of JustUs in America!
      • A Yahoo! User 6 mths ago
        I know!!...just what I was thinking...far as I know it still is called stealing:)
      • Sly8ball 6 mths ago
        always taught my son when he was growing up that if you take something that does not belong to you with out permission from the owner it is called stealing....was I wrong? may I should get a CA dictionary....
    • Feisty Mom  •  6 mths ago
      She looks like she has shared her wares for too long. Beautiful girl but has become low-life. Remember, life-style can play an important part on one's physical and mental being. Enough blaming the enabling parents. Put the blame on yourself, Lindsay.
      You had it all and blew it. Looking old and jaded before her time.

      Good luck to you.
      • Gilda 6 mths ago
        I was shocked that she is 25 years old!
      • tkpatterson65@yahoo.com 6 mths ago
        p.s. her teeth are beginning to rot as well....pretty sure she has more going on than Alcohol!!!!
      • Ranger Jones 6 mths ago
        HowYouDoin
    • drea  •  6 mths ago
      and if it was any regular person it would have been a year or 2
      • Dallas Kriss 6 mths ago
        YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT! ITS TRUE!
      • Joe 6 mths ago
        For drunk driving? Nah. She's getting smacked down for her refusal to play contrite and cooperate with the probation game. Typical person would have paid the fine and been done.
      • schmee 6 mths ago
        Drea,I could kiss you,multi step taxes and justice is in the communist manifesto
    • Original Truth  •  6 mths ago
      oooooohhhh 30 days priveleged idiots. If it was a regular Joe they would have gotten a year.... The legal system is such a joke.
    • richard  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Sautner had strong words for Lohan. LOL What a joke! 30 days will be reduced to time already served the moment she shows up at the jail, cameras filming her EVERY move. The law in California is soft on the Hollywood types only. I wonder what those gang bangers, many doing LIFE, are wondering..........revolving door for Lohan continues.
    • Brooks  •  Atlanta, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Lord, where is Judge Judy when you need her?
    • Vincent  •  Oklahoma City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      One more thing.........If the jails are always so over crowded when the famous get there, why don't they let out the next person who is about to be released. better to serve most of the sentence than none at all.
    • Matthew  •  Colorado Springs, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Send her to Siberia. I'm tired of her taking up headlines. Send the whole Kardashian family there too.
    • jazzyfayy  •  Pleasant Hill, United States  •  6 mths ago
      i don't know what's up with this girl getting all these short jail sentence she must be havin s*x with the judge.
    • El  •  6 mths ago
      This is another effing slap on the wrist. The judge herself should be arrested and tried for dereliction of duty and her sworn oath of office to administer justice impartially and without fear or favor. Period.
    • angie m  •  6 mths ago
      R U KIDDING !!!!
    • RobN  •  6 mths ago
      lindsay, paris, kim k, britney... etc etc... is this what we are teaching our girls to look up to?... we are all effed if this is the case... there is nothing "cute" about any of them
    • You Know I'm Right  •  6 mths ago
      Why so light. The judge has the power to revoke the original sentance and give her the max and it should be done already. Enough of these free rides
    • Dan Moen  •  6 mths ago
      Only 30 days ??? Jail overcrowding?Yeah right, BOO HOO...she sure gets off easy, The judge is a joke
    • Bruce  •  Cheonan-Si, South Korea  •  6 mths ago
      Five judges, and not a one that has a clue as how to do their job. If ever a person needed to be on ice for at least a year to get a handle on their life and not endanger anyone else, it's this spoil brat.
    • wisemasterchief  •  6 mths ago
      nobody cares... why are you glorifying this behaviour? cant find any successful youth to write about in the news? sheesh!
    • Blue  •  6 mths ago
      So does a 30 day jail sentance in Lindsey Lohan time...mean 28 minutes??????????
    • Dee  •  6 mths ago
      Now lets see if she does 30 minutes or 30 days. This is one of those gals that is going to end up dead at a very young age because she is not being held responsible to the fullest extent of the law because of her "celebrity status" - whatever that may be!
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