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LOS ANGELES: Arnold Schwarzenegger says he has more pressing issues to deal with than whether or not to consider sparing celebrity socialite Paris Hilton from a jail sentence.
Supporters of the hotel heiress had launched an online petition urging the California governor and action movie hero to grant her a pardon after she was slapped with a 45-day jail term last week.
But Schwarzenegger has indicated that the nascent "Free Paris!" campaign is likely to end in disappointment.
"I've never got any request," he said when asked if he would give Hilton a pardon, before adding: "But I have many more important things to think about."
Hilton must begin her prison sentence at the Los Angeles Century Regional Detention Facility on June 5.
She was handed a jail term after violating probation by driving twice after having been banned.
