FOR those who ask, "What does Paris Hilton actually do?", here's the answer, from the woman herself: she "provides hope for young people all over the US and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives".
That's the reason Hilton believes she is entitled to a pardon by California's Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but she needs your help convincing him.
In an attempt to free herself from California's Century Regional Detention Facility, where from June 5 she will spend 45 days for driving without a licence, Hilton has launched a petition.
"My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sihn [sic] it. i LOVE YOU ALL " the heiress (or one of her lackies) writes on her MySpace site. There are already nearly 10,000 signatures, including some by concerned Australians.
Others think Hilton deserves her sentence. "The only thing I would sign for Paris would be a death warrant," writes "Andria" on Hilton's site. "Come on, Paris. Get real ... and get ready to take it rough from Big Bertha in the slammer."
Legal experts say the petition is unlikely to succeed. "I don't think the founding fathers had Paris Hilton's driving conviction in mind when they enacted the cruel and unusual punishment provision of the Constitution," said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson.
Levenson said Hilton's legal team "took the wrong approach from the beginning, which was to contest the violation, rather than throw themselves on the mercy of the court and show some real contrition.
"You don't want to be the celebrity, after O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake and Michael Jackson are acquitted, and suggest that you are asking for special treatment".
Posted by SMH Online
That's the reason Hilton believes she is entitled to a pardon by California's Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but she needs your help convincing him.
In an attempt to free herself from California's Century Regional Detention Facility, where from June 5 she will spend 45 days for driving without a licence, Hilton has launched a petition.
"My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sihn [sic] it. i LOVE YOU ALL " the heiress (or one of her lackies) writes on her MySpace site. There are already nearly 10,000 signatures, including some by concerned Australians.
Others think Hilton deserves her sentence. "The only thing I would sign for Paris would be a death warrant," writes "Andria" on Hilton's site. "Come on, Paris. Get real ... and get ready to take it rough from Big Bertha in the slammer."
Legal experts say the petition is unlikely to succeed. "I don't think the founding fathers had Paris Hilton's driving conviction in mind when they enacted the cruel and unusual punishment provision of the Constitution," said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson.
Levenson said Hilton's legal team "took the wrong approach from the beginning, which was to contest the violation, rather than throw themselves on the mercy of the court and show some real contrition.
"You don't want to be the celebrity, after O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake and Michael Jackson are acquitted, and suggest that you are asking for special treatment".
Posted by SMH Online
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