Perhaps nowhere are there more infamous criminals than in the land of milk and honey. Or is that homey? Either way, celebrity crime is no laughing matter. The feeling of some people is that “they,” (the celebs) have enough cash to pay their ways out of any indiscretions. Not fair, claim the regular citizens, who would have to spend time in jail or have a crime etched on their permanent records for doing the same thing. No, it’s not fair, but that’s the nature of life.

OJ skipped out with not much more than a slap on the wrist. Robert Blake didn’t fare nearly as well since he did some time, but he did get off. Are there too many starry eyed jurors or is the legal community too soft on celebrity crime? It depends on who you ask. Michael Jackson may be free to frolic with Bubbles for now, but his day will come. Does Courtney Love qualify as a competent parent? The court’s out on that one and it seems to change from day to day. Don’t lie under oath or you could be in the slammer quicker than you can say “I didn’t see a thing.” Ask L’il Kim.

Martha Stewart is an example of one celebrity who turned her life around after a stint in the pokey. She came out a changed woman, now having a repertoire of microwave recipes to call her own. Imagine, never having used a microwave until being put behind (however flimsy they may have been) bars. Johnny Cash and Aaron Neville both put lives of crime behind them to pursue music careers. Sex, drugs, murder, and the like can only get you so far, even as a celebrity. Sooner or later, you pay the price or you turn your life around.