Winona Ryder, found guilty today of two of three counts in her shoplifting trial, will not being going to jail. How do we know? The District Attorney won't be asking for it.

"We never thought about jail time," said the deputy district attorney, Ann Rundle, who prosecuted the case. "We won't be asking for it. We simply want Ms. Ryder to take responsibility for her conduct."

"Since it was not a violent crime, Ms. Rundle said, a more likely and appropriate sentence would be some combination of probation, community service and restitution. "And that's what we're going to ask for," she said."

So why didn't they offer her a deferred judgment on the felonies to begin with? Or a misdemeanor? What were they trying to prove? That celebrities will be treated more harshly than others? They made their point, but we doubt Saks or the public appreciate it.

For more on our view of the charges and trial, go here and here.