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"Lindsay Lohan has reportedly decided to enter a no contest plea in her ongoing theft case. The Mean Girls actress, who is accused of stealing a $2,500 (\u00C2\u00A31,400) necklace in January, was previously released on bail after originally being sentenced to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service - including time at a morgue and a women&amp;#039;s shelter - for parole violation.  However, the 24-year-old is still to be tried for the theft charge itself, which was reduced to a misdemeanour at the hearing on April 22.  TMZ now claims that Lohan and her attorney Shawn Holley will enter the plea to Judge Stephanie Sautner as early as next week in the hope of avoiding additional jail time.  A spokesperson for the LA County Sheriff added that Lohan is likely to serve approximately three weeks of her eventual sentence.  Lohan recently admitted to Tonight Show host Jay Leno that she had &amp;quot;made a lot of mistakes&amp;quot;.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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