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Does Celeb Community Service Help Anyone?

Caroline Giuliani is the latest to get it

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 1, 2010 9:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Caroline Giuliani is the latest in a long line of celebrities and semi-celebrities to be sentenced to community service (in Giuliani’s case, a whopping one day for shoplifting). But does community service do any good? Yes, writes Constance Casey on Slate, explaining that community service is a popular sentence for those “unlikely to commit another crime.” It helps local nonprofits or government facilities by guaranteeing workers who “are very likely to turn up on time and put in the hours.”

And it’s not a joke: “It is still forced, menial, unpaid labor,” and it’s usually given alongside a fine and probation. How have past celebs carried out their sentences? Naomi Campbell mopped and swept a Sanitation Department facility, Chris Brown cleared weeds at police horse stables, Snoop Dogg worked with a youth football league, and Lindsay Lohan worked at a Red Cross blood center.

Caroline Giuliani exits Manhattan criminal court following her appearance, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in New York.
Caroline Giuliani exits Manhattan criminal court following her appearance, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in New York.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Caroline Giuliani, 20, right, leaves the 19th precinct Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010  in New York.
Caroline Giuliani, 20, right, leaves the 19th precinct Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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COMMENTS
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TheImpostor
Sep 1, 2010 11:44 AM CDT
The best service these parasites could do for the community is give at least half of their massive annual incomes to charity
finkster
Sep 1, 2010 9:13 AM CDT
One day of community service? I got 40 hrs once just for a ticket on my bicycle.

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