Celebrity Justice
If Convicted, Nicole Richie is Screwed

Nicole RichieWill a sympathetic judge delay Nicole Richie's mandatory jail sentence if she's convicted? Don't get your hopes up, honey.

TMZ did some checking on the guy in the robe who will preside over her case and sentence her if she's convicted. The guy is Los Angeles County Commissioner Steven Lubell. The legal eagles who have appeared in his courtroom say he's tough and very much by the book. He will not give Richie any special treatment, and our sources say her pregnancy won't amount to squat when it comes to serving time.

Richie's trial is scheduled to begin next Wednesday. If convicted, it will be her second DUI and she'll face a minimum of five days in jail.

Lynnwood ladies -- let's get ready to rumble!



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1. Wasn't the Gore kid her designated driver the other night?

Posted at 3:44PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Bobo Justice

2. Yep puuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted at 3:46PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Hoya

3. U noe I luv Nicole, but I do think she deserves 2 go 2 jail but at least 4 5 days. i mean in st 5 days u can really learn alot!! n dui?? she wasn't drunk wen she was driving on the wrong aside of the road!! she as high!! which is totally different!

Posted at 3:46PM on Jul 6th 2007 by momo_rbd

4.
Lock her up and throw away the key. Along with Lindsay Lohan.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 6th 2007 by jeri

5. She really got herself into a mess, didn't she.

Posted at 3:48PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Liz

6. Any of your "legal eagels" know what excuse she is going to use to defend herself?

I can't even she how she can defend herself. You have to be pretty messed up to drive the wrong way down a freeway.

Posted at 3:49PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Dove

7. and she really blew it by going on letterman and laughing about it...judges
hear about this stuff.

Posted at 3:49PM on Jul 6th 2007 by smilesarefree

8. ....expect a sudden and convenient miscarriage after her sentence has been announced. I honestly think she is trying to pull the wool over the judges eyes with the fake pregnancy and using the media to get the message to him....

Posted at 3:50PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Sunshine

9. She was driving the freeway in the wrong direction! What is her defense? Oopsy? I now realize that driving in the wrong direction is no longer cute? They were prescription drugs, your honor, so they don't count!

Posted at 3:52PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Katey2

10. Maybe five days should do it, like most other people, no celebrity treatment like Paris
got.

Posted at 3:53PM on Jul 6th 2007 by BOEING 787-8 rolls out on 070807

11. Oh come on all we can hope for is that she does her time with more kooth then Paris did.

Posted at 3:53PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Jordyn

12. She hasn't been convicted of anything yet. Does anyone have a tape of her driving the wrong way? Maybe we should just have the judge read some of the opinions from TMZ POST AND THAT WAY HE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A SOUND JUDGEMENT

Posted at 3:54PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Janice

13. SHE DESERVES TO GO TO JAIL, GETTING PREGNANT IS DISPICABLE TO DO JUST TO GET OUT OF IT, I FEEL SO SORRY FOR HER UNBORN CHILD

Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Nicole SUcks

14. I think to give her a break just because she (amazingly) has the ability to concieve is crazy. That's a pitiful excuse. I mean, can I go knock-off a liquor store and then get knocked-up to avoid jail time? Nope. So she shouldn't get a break either.
Send her annoying ass to jail!

Posted at 4:01PM on Jul 6th 2007 by LC

15. she could get out - if they were prescription, she could be let go on the citation - she admitted to smoking pot, but i am unaware if they even took blood from her - they would in the case of an accident, but she was sitting on the road when the cops came, and wasn't pulled over while driving... i say she gets community service....

Posted at 4:02PM on Jul 6th 2007 by Michellaneous

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