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Seriously??? You must be kidding. It is a 45 day sentence, not the death penalty. What an idiot she is.

Paris Hilton is now part of a grass-roots campaign to keep her out of jail.

In a message that went up Monday on her MySpace page and reported in the New York Post, the hotel heiress writes (in her own spelling): "My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sihn it. i LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!"

The petition, directed to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, asks that Hilton be pardoned from her sentence of 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation by driving with a suspended license. The punishment was handed down in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. An appeal has been filed.

"I urge all fans and supporters and all that are outraged by injustice to sign this petition," writes Hilton.

Not that everyone is hopping the Hilton bandwagon – entirely.

One posting on Paris's page, from a "Raven," reads, "It's so frustrating to me when famous people get off lightly for crimes that a regular person would be held full responsibility for. I don't think she should get a full 45 days though. She didn't hurt anybody and she seems very sorry. I can see letting her go without jail time if she takes some kind of classes about alcohol abuse."

Someone who is a great booster of Hilton is her former publicist, Elliot Mintz, who was relieved of his duties after Hilton's sentence was rendered. (Mintz had wrongly informed Hilton of the status of her license, he admitted.)

Since the firing, emotions have cooled, and Mintz told PEOPLE on Monday that he planned to meet with Hilton over dinner. "We're going to talk the way intelligent folks speak to each other. Not on cell phones and blackberries," he said. "We are going to see where it takes us."

Sure enough, the duo were spotted Monday night Los Angeles riding a golf cart at Paramount Studio's New York lot, arriving for the Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness celebration of its annual Sober Day.

Hilton's outing – which also included her 23-year-old sister Nicky and a small posse – was largely symbolic. The two sisters and Mintz left after just 25 minutes. On her way out, Hilton posed for a few photos with fans and signed several autographs.

Although many guests at the party were dismayed at the sentence Hilton received, one voiced agreement with her doing real time.

"I do think she should go to lockdown rehab – but not a nice one. I think it should be chosen by the judge," Tom Arnold told PEOPLE. "I've got some ideas – there's a place in Alabama that worked for Robert Downey Jr."