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Some of us have weird senses of humor ? how else would you explain how Carrot Top developed a devoted following over the years? But one teen's misguided sense of humor earned her jail time when she posted a Facebook status update LOL-ing at the fact that she was cited for DUI.
Kentucky teenager Paula Asher had one too many that fateful night she decided to drive, and she sideswiped another car as a result. Though there were four people in the car hit, thankfully no one was hurt. Asher was cited by police for driving under the influence.
The 18-year-old laughed about driving drunk on her Facebook page after the fact, posting a status update reading, "My dumbass got a DUI and hit a car LOL." The judge presiding over Asher's case found little humor in a crime that results in, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 28 deaths each and every day. Asher was ordered to shut down her Facebook page as a result, and when she refused, the judge held her in contempt of court and had her thrown in jail for two days.
Asher's told her local NBC affiliate, "I didn't think LOL would put me in jail."
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...011823460.html
Am I missing something here? Did I read the article wrong or something? This girl got 2 days in jail for simply writing her opinion about her DUI crime online? I never knew it was illegal to say "My dumbass got a DUI and hit a car LOL," what law is there against that? Thought the 1st Amendment guaranteed us the right to freedom of speech and expression?