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Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca appeared before the County Board of Supervisors hours after the heiress' release to justify why he had initially transferred her to home confinement on June 8.
He told the Board, which oversees sheriff's funding, that he authorized the release because Hilton was suffering from an undisclosed medical condition and he wanted to save her life.
He says, "Our doctors said we had no solution to Hilton's medical problems. None.
"As a sheriff in this county, I'm not going to let any inmate die in this jail.
"What's worth more: A person spending time in a county jail for driving on a suspended license or a person losing her life?
"She was at a place where we couldn't fix whatever that medical problem was with the resources we have. We knew this problem was not going to get better. We were placed in a very unusual and awkward position with Ms. Hilton."
Baca insists his decision to place Hilton in home confinement was also motivated by a federal mandate to relieve jail overcrowding that results in early release of minor offenders.
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