LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hours after a beaming Paris Hilton was freed from three weeks in jail, the sheriff criticized for briefly putting her under house arrest said on Tuesday he allowed her out because he feared for her life.
While stopping short of saying Hilton had been in danger of harming herself, Sheriff Lee Baca raised the issue of suicide in explaining why he released her to home detention -- a move that was swiftly overruled by a judge after a public uproar over whether she was given special treatment.
"I think we all in this room know something about suicide," Baca, who runs the Los Angeles County jail system, told a hearing called by the five-member county Board of Supervisors."As the sheriff of this county, I'm not going to let any inmate die in our jails," he said.
"If I know something that can be done that solves the medical problem ... What's worth more? Serving time in the county jail for driving on a suspended driver's license or a person losing their life?"
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