# Lori Loughlin and husband plead guilty and get short prison stays **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241 "2020-05-21T13:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241/41 "2020-05-25T01:29:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Lori’s sentence is harsher than Felicity Huffman. She was sentenced 2 weeks prison and served 11 days. But she got her plea deal early. Lori tried to fight the charges before accepting a plea. > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/25/us/felicity-huffman-release/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/25/us/felicity-huffman-release/index.html) Loughlin bribed 500,000; Huffman 15,000 ---
**Author:** ![fedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241/42 "2020-06-01T02:08:40Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Didn’t bother to read the thread, huh? > We need more rich people sent away for longer then they rip off the system and the people. Besides using a place taken from someone more deserving, this whole thing (and remember, it wasn’t just the two of them) gives the idea that the system is rigged. > It would have been cheaper if she pleaded guilty at the start. > But I especially like how she is a holier-than-though sanctimonious Christian \< bad word here \>. remember how often Robert Downey avoided jail time because of his celebrity? or Andy Williams wife who killed her lover and couldn’t even do 6 months in jail because judge said it would be too hard for her? ---
**Author:** ![fedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241/43 "2020-06-01T02:11:12Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Didn’t bother to read the thread, huh? > We need more rich people sent away for longer then they rip off the system and the people. Besides using a place taken from someone more deserving, this whole thing (and remember, it wasn’t just the two of them) gives the idea that the system is rigged. > It would have been cheaper if she pleaded guilty at the start. > But I especially like how she is a holier-than-though sanctimonious Christian \< bad word here \>. remember how often Robert Downey avoided jail time because of his celebrity? Or Andy Williams wife not even doing 6 months in jail for killing her lover because judge said it would be too hard for her? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241/44 "2020-06-01T06:08:28Z")
> [@fedman](#): > > remember how often Robert Downey avoided jail time because of his celebrity? Or Andy Williams wife not even doing 6 months in jail for killing her lover because judge said it would be too hard for her? So, that is relevant how? Just because a previous famous person skated when they should have gone to jail, is a legal precedent for a current famous person to skate? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241/45 "2020-06-01T14:09:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Lori’s sentence is harsher than Felicity Huffman. She was sentenced 2 weeks prison and served 11 days. But she got her plea deal early. Lori tried to fight the charges before accepting a plea. > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/25/us/felicity-huffman-release/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/25/us/felicity-huffman-release/index.html) > > (snip) > [@outlierrn](#): > > Loughlin bribed 500,000; Huffman 15,000 Felicity Huffman also admitted to her crime, apologized, and showed remorse for her actions. And didn’t waste the court’s time with motions to dismiss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241.md?page=2)