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FWIW, a far more detailed article at the link below seems to indicate that a new charge of contempt of court was not issued and the original sentences were only revised.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/NEWS03/601270321/1005

The girls were idiots for going to court without a lawyer and thinking that just crying for the judge would smooth things over.

Thanks for posting the full article, which, assuming it is true and complete, certainly makes it appear that these girls ran into a judge who got his feelings hurt and wanted to make an example. It's one thing to be a "hangin' judge" for murder and rape, but for an 18-year-old blowing a .02?

The girls were idiots for going to court without a lawyer and thinking that just crying for the judge would smooth things over.

It sounded like only the first girl tried to do that. Of course, without a lawyer, the judge could easily give her all the rope she needed to hang herself and her friends too. Naturally, she got the heaviest sentence. The others appeared with lawyers, but probably on the basis of the blubbery admissions of the first one, the best they could do was less jail time.

Drinking before prom? Dumb.
Posting identifying information on the Internet? Dumber.
An 18-year-old trying to represent herself in criminal court? Dumbest. And she took her friends down with her.