Hilton wants pardon from governor

Paris Hilton has posted a message for her 170,919 "friends" at MySpace, urging them to sign a petition asking California's governor to pardon her.

"My friend Joshua started this petition," she wrote. "Please help and sihn it. i LOVE YOU ALL!!!!"

Apparently, in her zeal for freedom, she misspelled the word "sign" and disregarded grammar.

Whether Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will oblige is anybody's guess. Hilton has denounced her 45-day jail sentence, currently under appeal by her attorney, as "cruel and unwarranted."

She fired her publicist over what she believed was an incorrect interpretation of the conditions set after her conviction for driving under the influence. She says her publicist thought it was OK for her to drive to work -- the judge thought otherwise.

However, Hilton re-hired her publicist Monday night. Reality TV World says the two met in Los Angeles at Paramount Studio where the Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness was celebrating its annual Sober Day.

Not all of Hilton's MySpace friends are supportive, though. One post with an embedded link reads, "VOTE if you think Paris Hilton should go to jail!!"