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LA Wants Paris Behind Bars

City prosecutors recommend jail term for scofflaw heiress

By Greg Atwan, Newser User

Posted May 3, 2007 9:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Los Angeles prosecutors want to show Paris Hilton the real simple life: jail. The city's lawyers are pushing for the itinerant blonde heiress to spend 45 days in the slammer for repeatedly violating her parole on a reckless driving conviction after a tad too much... Read full story »

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