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Saturday, June 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Paris isn't free -- and neither are we

Paris Hilton's strange celebrity hits a new nadir after Friday's chaotic perp walk. Will we ever be free from her now?

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  • Monday, June 11, 2007 11:50 AM

    Former defense lawyer...

    Dear chickpea23:

    As a former defense lawyer you should be able to read and comprehend facts. I might not know what a light or heavy sentence is for DUIs, but I know how not to violate the terms of my probation.

    Paris didn't go to jail for the DUI. If you'd read or comprehended any of the billion articles about the circumstances surrounded her arrest, you'd know that she was sent to jail for driving after her license was suspended because of the DUI. Also, not only had she done it once, but she was warned at least twice since she'd received probation. God knows how many times she's been stopped and let off the hook.

    As rich as she is, why is she driving herself anyway?

    And lets be clear, it was a freakin' DUI! If she'd killed someone what would your excuse be for sniffin' her butt then? Driving drunk is never cute. Not when my neighbor did it, not for the people who are killed because of it, and certainly not for Paris Hilton.

    I dont' think Paris is evil or awful or this person who doesn't deserve respect. But she, like any of us, needs to follow the law. As such, it was no big deal to me that she went to jail. It happens. Like hundreds of thousands of other people, she'll do her time and get over it.

    What actually got me watching and reading was the "get out of jail 'cause I'm stressed and have a mysterious illness" pass.

    And now some of you want to act brand new like its Bash Paris week for stating the obvious that she was guilty of violating her probation and should have to go to jail for it! LOL

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