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Lauryn Hill gets 3 months in jail (or, one month for every brain cell)

Famed racist, pot-head, and singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in jail earlier today by a federal judge, for failing to pay around $1 million in taxes.  In addition to being locked up, Lauryn Over-the-Hill must pay a $60,000 fine. My opinion?  Ms. Over-the-Hill got off pretty darn easy.  If it were up to me, I would've thrown the book at her and given her the maximum sentence of three years. The reason why Lauryn Hill should've gotten the maximum sentence has less to so with her attempt to swindle ol' Uncle Sammy, and more to do with the fact that she's a blithering idiot.  Yes, the former Fugees singer has a great deal in common with a beer bottle- they're both empty from the neck up. Take her defense argument, for instance.  Ms. Over-the-Hill stated, "I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me." Since when does being the child of a slave give you permission to cheat th