Is 45 years in prison too harsh for a DUI?

[onlooker]

45 years for faking a breathalyzer test?
Thank God some of you aren't legislators

Someone that blows in that thing to start a drunks car to let them drive, obviously has a screw loose.

Trying to say how wrong that is bud, no need to get worked up about it.

[Emily_Haines]

I wish they made itchy pay for all 45 years

Arent you the guy always pissing and moaning about high taxes?

Guess spending just doesn't matter when it serves your own interests.

[MoneyLineDawg]

it's not free to keep someone locked up
but when states contract to private prisons and the private prisons through lobbyist write the legislation that includes a minimum number of convection with a minimum number of mandatory years or the state pays a huge penalty than we must protect the contract
did the guy deserve to be locked up
yes
for 45 years
come on

Again agreed here......system is fukked. However, still no sympathy for scumbag with his fifth DUI

[antifoil]

yes. good to see. most of time they are too lenient on drunk drivers.

it is embarrassing the punishment that dante stallworth got.

[MoneyLineDawg]

I wish they made itchy pay for all 45 years

Arent you the guy always pissing and moaning about high taxes?

Guess spending just doesn't matter when it serves your own interests.

Free all non violent drug offenders and clamp down on DUI's from the beginning (As in harsher penalties for first and second convictions)......Will save money and protect the public 1000x over

[unluckysob]

Ive had 4 duis----also arrested 3 times for public drunk---Im an old man now, but ive lived a very productive life----too tough on this shit now-----last dui 1995.

[mh217]

By the way I had a friend who had a breathalyzer in his car and he told me that he actually had to blow into it, not just to start it, but sporadically during while he was driving or the freaking car would shut down.

[MoneyLineDawg]

Ive had 4 duis----also arrested 3 times for public drunk---Im an old man now, but ive lived a very productive life----too tough on this shit now-----last dui 1995.

Unluckysob, you are actually lucky to have made it this far in life.....Atleast you turned your life around it seems like

[onlooker]

By the way I had a friend who had a breathalyzer in his car and he told me that he actually had to blow into it, not just to start it, but sporadically during while he was driving or the freaking car would shut down.

He could just have a sober person ride with him to keep it a flawed system.

Right JayVegas?

[mh217]

Lol not too many sober people wanna drive around with hammered people

[Emily_Haines]

He could just have a sober person ride with him to keep it a flawed system.

Right JayVegas?

Anyone with a sixth grade education should be able to figure out away to disconnect the thing.

[mh217]

Nah you cant disconnect it without them finding out...it's like an ankle bracelet

[Emily_Haines]

Nah you cant disconnect it without them finding out...it's like an ankle bracelet

hmmm

got to be way to some how jury rig it so that it makes it look like car is parked

you should be able to find some program to download of internet and bam you are good to go.

[onlooker]

Anyone with a sixth grade education should be able to figure out away to disconnect the thing.

I'm pretty sure since there is a monthly cost to have the thing in the vehicle, that it communicates with some office.

[darrell74]

I think some people find it easy to persecute when they don't comprehend the burdens of enforcement of the penalties.

Here's a link to some of the costs for a Texas prison. Page 2 is probably gonna be more helpful:

http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2008-LegeEntry-CorrectionsBudget-ml.pdf

[Emily_Haines]

• Prisons cost Texas taxpayers $49.40 per inmate per day, which is $18,031 per year. This is lower than the national average of $24,656.

• Each new state prison bed costs more than $60,000 to build.

• Parole costs the state $3.51 per inmate per day, which is $1,281 per year.

• The criminal justice budget has increased from $793 million in 1990 to $2.94 billion in 2008.

[darrell74]

Article looked a little incomplete.
?'s that I have:
Did he have a license?(guys do drive w/o licenses)
When was his other 4?
He blew a .18 on his 5th-45 years- What did he blow on the other 4?
Did they tack on other counts?(bench warrants,speeding,child support,failure to pullover,reckless driving, assaulting an officer etc...)

Said the jury took only 4minutes to deliberate. Did this guy even have a lawyer?




My point is:
the headline got my attention, but the story has too many holes in it.

[darrell74]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/look-inside-world-nicest-prison-180524054.html

A little unrelated, but a neat little article about an island prison in Norway.
pretty much a resort


16% of the prisoners that leave this Norway prison get put back in
43% of Americans go back within 2 years

[Emily_Haines]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...180524054.html

A little unrelated, but a neat little article about an island prison in Norway.
pretty much a resort


16% of the prisoners that leave this Norway prison get put back in
43% of Americans go back within 2 years

USA loves to put people in jail

We have the largest percentage of prisoners by far.

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate

[Maniac]

Lower league football player in the UK got just 7 years, 4 months for killing 2 children (aged 8 + 10) and paralysing the father while speeding and drunk. Comes out next month after serving just 4 years of that sentence, and looks like he will be back playing football next season as Swindon are looking at signing him...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swindon-town/9286771/Swindon-Town-set-to-offer-trial-to-Luke-McCormick-jailed-for-killing-two-boys-in-drink-driving-crash.html

[darrell74]

USA loves to put people in jail

We have the largest percentage of prisoners by far.

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rceration_rate

100% agree

[darrell74]

Washington D.C could pass a law that requires car manufacturers to install breathalyzer in every car.
Car manufacturers could simply transfer the cost to the buyer.

But of course, I know what you're thinking,'that will never happen.' I agree.

[dww123]

• Prisons cost Texas taxpayers $49.40 per inmate per day, which is $18,031 per year. This is lower than the national average of $24,656.

• Each new state prison bed costs more than $60,000 to build.

• Parole costs the state $3.51 per inmate per day, which is $1,281 per year.

• The criminal justice budget has increased from $793 million in 1990 to $2.94 billion in 2008.

One person is killed every half-hour due to drunk driving
• Each year approximately 16,000 are killed in alcohol related crashes
• Alcohol is a factor in almost half of all traffic fatalities
• Every other minute a person is seriously injured in an alcohol related crash

[a4u2fear]

deserved

[darrell74]

spending 18k/year to lock up an old drunk(for 45 years) will cost $810,000

assuming he doesn't make parole
die of old age
and theirs no inflation

[itchypickle]

I wish they made itchy pay for all 45 years

Arent you the guy always pissing and moaning about high taxes?

Guess spending just doesn't matter when it serves your own interests.

I'm for the private prison industry or either the Sheriff Joe tent camps and low grade sammiches for meals

You're right on my interests...this is what taxes are meant for, to keep society safe and functioning for the rest of us...repeat offenders like this assshole need to be locked up and gladly spend it to do so.

On taxes, I'm not against them as long as they are properly allocated....enough is taken in to more than cover the intended use of the revenue.....what I am against is the call for more taxes in order to fund special interests, handouts and allow the govt to pick winners in industry and not leave it to the consumer. Like with anything where I'm asked to fund it.....show me progress and good use of the funds I already paid and I will gladly write you a check or advance you for the next amount.

[smitch124]

I was gonna say 45 years for a DUI no ******* way, but his 5th one? At some point you have to say enough, IMO that is 2 or 3 max.

[Jayvegas420]

Yeah, there's nothing quite like having investors, who could be judges or senators, holding a vested interest in jailing people.

[Emily_Haines]

I'm for the private prison industry or either the Sheriff Joe tent camps and low grade sammiches for meals

You're right on my interests...this is what taxes are meant for, to keep society safe and functioning for the rest of us...repeat offenders like this assshole need to be locked up and gladly spend it to do so.

On taxes, I'm not against them as long as they are properly allocated....enough is taken in to more than cover the intended use of the revenue.....what I am against is the call for more taxes in order to fund special interests, handouts and allow the govt to pick winners in industry and not leave it to the consumer. Like with anything where I'm asked to fund it.....show me progress and good use of the funds I already paid and I will gladly write you a check or advance you for the next amount.

shut up and go to facebook and look at my new tattoo

[5teamparlay]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=21968079

Allegedly drunk driver slams into cruiser during separate DUI stop
September 1, 2012


<!-- ===================[ STORY BODY : RICH TEXT ]================= -->SALT LAKE CITY — It started as a traffic stop for someone allegedly driving under the influence, but it quickly turned into something much more serious.

While a Salt Lake City police officer was pulling over a driver, another vehicle crashed into his cruiser.
Early Saturday morning, an SLCPD officer pulled over a driver he suspected of being intoxicated near 800 South and 1300 East. The officer called for backup and a second car arrived. Both police cars were parked on 1300 East with their lights flashing when another car, coming southbound rear-ended the backup police cruiser.
One cruiser was totaled, the other had some serious damage and on top of that, they ended up arresting the second driver on DUI charges as well.
"(The) driver of the car has sustained some minor injuries," said Lt. Brian Purvis. "One of the officers had a minor leg injury. It's not going to be serious."
Several agencies will be out in full-force over the Labor Day weekend looking for those DUI drivers. Police say to use some common sense. If you plan on drinking, don't drive.

[lunchbawks]

ah utah the dry state...

[TheMetsSuck]

dbacks commentator mark grace just got his 2nd dui a week or so ago. I really like this guy when he calls the games. I think he is serving a mandatory jail sentence of like 30-90 days right now. Hopefully he is back in the booth next year

[Monitor-Tan]

I say Permanent Ban from ever driving in any states, and 5 years in prison is fair..

45 is a bit too much I think..

[Maniac]

Out of interest, has anybody found an article about someone killing a person/people through drink driving and get longer than 45 years in prison, either in Texas or anywhere for that matter ?

Would be surprised if there were all that many really.

[The Kraken]

Take a fukking taxi dude.

If your gonna play the game you gotta know the rules. He probably didnt realize what the max penalty was.

Doesnt matter what we think, only what the letter of the law states.

He played and lost.