Bobby Brown leaves jail after 9 hours for second DUI
There has always been a criticism that celebrities tend to avoid harsh punishments for crimes, consider Lindsay Lohan who has managed to avoid significant jail time despite a string of illegal activity. Now we have Bobby Brown. The AP reports that Bobby Brown, who had been convicted of his second DUI in a year, has left the Los Angeles County jail after serving only nine hours of a 55 day sentence. He was taken into custody on Wednesday but was freed from the Van Nuys, California, facility ten hours later. Bobby Brown has been given the opportunity to leave jail by agreeing to serve the remainder of his sentence at home with an electronic monitor bracelet. The decision was made by a Los Angeles County probation officer. Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore made the announcement yesterday and suggested the singer is technically still in custody and under the control of the probation department. "He is presently home with family," his lawyer, Christopher Brown, said Thursday. "Mr. Brown has accepted responsibility for what occurred last October 2012. Mr. Brown is pleased that the matter has been resolved and to be home with this wife and young son." Brown will be allowed to remove the bracelet after eight days. The court argues that this is the amount of time he would have remained in jail. The state has allowed many inmates to leave county jails early due to jail overcrowding and good behavior. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"]