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boxingcardman1. Leyrityz, if he was DWI, should do a long prison stretch and be bankrupted by the civil suit. That might deter someone watching.
2. I read she was ejected from the car. It is very rare for someone wearing a seatbelt to be ejected from a car, unless it is a convertible. Hopefully this will induce some people to buckle up.
As far as policy goes, IMO:
1. The penalties for DUI resulting in injury, death or property damage, and the penalties for repeat offenders should be commensurate with violent crimes causing the same degree of injury or damage. I am particularly galled by repeat offenders. One of my clients was nearly killed by a drunk driver who had already lost his license. He did heavy jail time, deservedly, for it. A first-time DUI with no damage or injury deserves a penalty but not jail time, IMO, and deserves a second chance. There are quite a few people who are picked up for a DUI after making a poor judgment who are not risks for future incidents.
2. Sorry folks, but alcohol dependence is a disease, a mental disease. http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=45
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