Slip Sliding Away!

Q: Why is this man smiling?

A:He just beat the system!

Siplin won't serve more jail time
The Orlando Sentinel reports...

An Orange Circuit Court judge sentenced state Sen. Gary Siplin to 36 months probation, 300 community service hours, $1,890 in fines and court costs. He also was sentenced to one day in jail but was credited for time served when he was arrested.

Siplin, now a convicted felon, didn't comment when he left the Orange County Courthouse trailed by a handful of reporters.

"We are glad this part is over," said Siplin's attorney Diana Tennis. "We will let the appeals court sort it out. It will be interesting."

Assistant State Attorney Ken Lewis asked Judge Julie O'Kane to sentence Siplin to a year in jail.

"He's acting like only he is above the law," Lewis said.

Before the sentencing, O'Kane acknowledged how unique the case has been and how much attention it has drawn from the public.

"My decision today has no way been influenced" by what anyone has said in the community, she said.

"Mr. Siplin is a public officer, and the crimes for which he was convicted resulted in a breach of the public trust," she added.

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