LiLo May Be Leaning Towards Plea Deal Again That Will Include Jail Time

Lindsay Lohan may realize she can't avoid jail and is now "seriously considering" taking a plea deal. Judge Keith Schwartz offered LiLo and her attorney Shawn Holley a deal that includes three months in jail ... which get whittled down to 19 days because of jail overcrowding.

Lindsay has been adamant for weeks ... she would never take a plea deal because she feels she did nothing wrong. Sources close to Lindsay tell us she still maintains her innocence ... but reality is starting to sink in and Lindsay is beginning to understand the risks of going forward with a trial.

If she loses at trial, she could get more than a year in jail for the probation violation ... plus prison time for the felony grand theft.

If Lindsay accepts the deal, Holley must tell the judge on Wednesday.  Lindsay will be back in court Friday to either take a plea or declare war.

Mel Gibson Strikes Plea Deal -- NO JAIL TIME

Mel Gibson has struck an agreement with prosecutors and has made a plea deal in his potential criminal case, and Mel will not get jail time. Mel will appear in court Friday and will plead no contest to simple battery, a lesser charge than corporal injury on a spouse. 

Mel had been stressed out, (...as well he should be!) over the impending criminal charge related to the January 6, 2010 fight with Oksana Grigorieva, he was worried that a prolonged court fight would be a strain on his family, particularly his children. Mel believed he could win the case, but to avoid the drama, he struck the deal to protect his kids...(hmmmm...)

Mel's lawyer, Blair Berk, released the following statement, "I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price.  That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can only be exercised in this case with an enormous media circus attached."

Berk goes on, "Mel's priority throughout all of this has been that the best interests of his young daughter Lucia and the rest of his children be put first in any decisions made.  It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the District Attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end."