Nicole Richie showed up to court today to face charges for second DUI conviction, and was sentenced to four days in jail with six hours time served. TMZ reports:

A court commissioner sentenced Richie, represented by uber-lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley, to serve four days in the City or County Jail (her choice!) -- she got credit for a fifth day, for the six hours she served after being busted.

Richie was also fined $2,048, was ordered back to school for 21 days to an alcohol education course and on three years probation.

Richie must report to serve her time by September 28.

The commissioner issued Richie a stern warning, telling her if she she drove drunk again and she actually killed someone she could be charged with murder -- not manslaughter. That's because after her first DUI, Richie agreed that if she drove under the influence and killed someone, she'd be nailed for murder.

The 25-year-old is expected to give birth sometime in January."

I hate Nicole Richie, so to me this news is like the morning sun or the sound of a child's laughter. Unless it's Nicole Richie's child's laughter, then it would sound something like a rabid dog or a Velociraptor and that would scare me.

Nicole and Joel earlier this month: