Actor Kiefer Sutherland is a free man once again after being released from a Glendale jail this morning.  Sutherland served 48 days, his full sentence, after receiving his second DUI and violating his probation.

“[Kiefer] looked like he was glad to be out,” said Balian, who added that the actor was wearing a shirt and jeans when he left, and took home whatever personal belongings he originally brought with him.

Sutherland, 41, served his entire sentence for a second DUI conviction and for violating probation. He spent his birthday, Christmas and New Year’s at the Los Angeles-area facility.

Kiefer was smart to serve during the writer’s strike and get it over with.  The new season of 24 has been pushed back because of the strike.