(Don't) Save Paris!

Over at Sentencing Law & Policy, Doug Berman has some information about Paris Hilton's plans to appeal her 45-day sentence for violating her probation. According to the article Doug quotes, Paris thinks that 45 days for multiple violations of the probation imposed following her DUI conviction is "both cruel and unwarranted and I don't deserve this." I hope she's talking out of school and her attorney isn't actually thinking of making an 8th Amendment argument for a 45-day sentence. Hell, the 9th Circuit doesn't even blink when affirming third-strike life sentences for stealing $50 worth of booze. Any argument that 45 days is "cruel and unusual" is beyond frivolous.

As to whether Paris "doesn't deserve this" - honey, you've haven't deserved anything you've ever gotten in your life. Why should this be any different?

Frighteningly, an anonymous commentator a SL&P points to an online petition in support of Paris from fans, which argues that Paris "provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives." Holy cow - can we return to the days when the mass of men led lives of quiet desperation? The loud kind is too pathetic for words.