Paris Phones In

Paris Hilton could be heading back to jail, but she will hear her fate over the phone, eventhough a Los Angeles judge ordered her to appear in court Friday.

The socialite will not be showing up at a court hearing in Los Angeles at 9am Pacific Time. She is being allowed to talk to the judge over the phone from her home.

Paris, who was serving a 23-day sentence in Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center for violating her parole following a 2006 drunk driving arrest, was sent home Thursday for unspecified medical reasons.

As a result of her controversial early release the hotel heiress' sentence had been returned to a 45-day sentence - which is being served at her home under the supervision of the Los Angeles Probation Office.

However, Judge Michael Sauer, who sentenced her to jail last month, will hear her case Friday.

The office of the Los Angeles City Attorney filed a petition Thursday demanding Los Angeles Superior Court show why Sheriff Lee Baca should not be held in contempt of court for releasing Hilton.

Chief of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Criminal Branch, Jeffrey Isaacs, says, "The decision whether or not Ms. Hilton should be released early and placed on electronic monitoring should be made by Judge Sauer, and not the Sheriff's Department."

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has defended his decision to let Paris Hilton out of jail - and insisted she was given no preferential treatment.

The sheriff insists the decision was made because of medical reasons only. He has also commented on his critics, accusing them of wishing to punish Hilton because of her celebrity.

Baca tells the L.A. Times, "The problem here is that there is a medical issue and it isn't wise to keep a person in jail with her problem over an extended period of time and let the problem get worse. In my opinion, justice is being served by the decision to have her serve her time at home. She would still be in the county jail if it were not for the medical advice."

"My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice."

Seriously? She without a doubt, should go back to jail, no questions asked!

Next to O.J., this is the BIGGEST mockery of justice!