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As a former defense lawyer, I did my fair share of DUIs. While I certainly don't have any details about Paris' case, it is patently obvious to me that she was singled out due to her celebrity status. Most first time DUIs DO NOT GO TO JAIL. This is ridiculous. We need to make a spectacle and a criminal out of a girl because she had a margarita and drove home? Give me a break. Call me when someone finally knocks you off your high horse and you fall into a big puddle of humanity. Then maybe we can talk about punishments befitting the crimes. It seems that the special treatment has not run in her favor, but counter to it. I would be very cautious before condemning poor Paris Hilton. In our infantile little peasant minds we desperately want to see the fall of our own aristocrats. It permits us to keep the illusion that our criminal justice system and criminal code is not broken. Yeah, we pitchforked the witch to death! Now what?
