Myrtle Hocklemeier says in a comment:
She wasn’t convicted of DUI, she was convicted for wreckless driving.
She’s technically correct–but mostly incorrect. To quote the Captain:
Pardon me for injecting a little conservative thought into all of this, but I have very little sympathy for Ms. Hilton. She has had all of the advantages possible in society, and has shown herself contemptuous to any sense of responsibility. The screaming and crying jag in court only came after she had thrown away her chances to get lenient treatment by lying and evading responsibility for her actions.
Let’s not forget why Paris Hilton went to jail. Last January, Hilton got convicted of driving drunk. That killed 18,000 people last year; it’s no joke. Hilton didn’t have to serve a day in jail for it, either. She got 36 months probation and had her license suspended (in November 2006). She was also ordered into an alcohol education program.
Within a month, she had been arrested twice for driving without a license, and still had not entered the program as ordered. The city prosecuted her for violating her probation and the court order, and convicted her last month. Her defense? She blamed everyone but herself, and even at this last court proceeding, wanted to appear only by telephone. The judge had to order her brought to court.
Recall, also, that she showed nothing but contempt for the judge and the courtroom, even daring to show up twenty minutes late for her court appearance. So yes, while it is true that this sentence was for violating her parole, she was on parole because she was convicted of DUI, and didn’t serve one hour for it. And now she’s weeping because she has to spend 23 days in a nice, Hollywood jail cell.
Cry me a river.
Ms. Cornelius says:
AAARRRGGGGG! “Wreckless driving???” Ow! OW! OW!!!!
I hope that was a pun. Otherwise, I shall go cry.
And I refuse to post about this dimwit. Who the heck cares? I DO care that the LA sheriff can be bought off so publicly, however.
I like that judge. He’s got spunk.
June 11, 2007, 10:33 am