Lindsay Lohan’s DUI Feature Story

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Lindsay Lohan’s DUI
27-May-2007
Written by: Jackson Reeves

Lindsay Lohan charged with DUI after police find cocaine in her crashed car.

Lindsay Lohan, whose movie Georgia Rule premiered May 11, crashed her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 on a curb on Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills, CA at 5:30 a.m. on May 26. Police investigators found what appeared to be cocaine at the scene of the accident.

Lt. Mitch McCann stated that Lohan was not in immediate possession of the illegal drug, and that Lohan was released to hospital custody for treatment of minor injuries from the crash. However, police still charged Lohan with the misdemeanor of driving under the influence, since the crash seemed to have resulted from speeding, possibly caused by a cocaine-induced, hyperactive state.

The 20-year-old actress and pop singer will need to appear in court to answer the DUI citation, as reported by the website X17 Inc.

Earlier this year, Morgan Creek Productions CEO James G. Robinson admonished Lohan, in a now well-publicized memo, for “discourteous, irresponsible, and unprofessional” conduct – probably resulting from the same source as her DUI: her notorious partying lifestyle – during filming of Georgia Rule.

Lohan admitted to dabbling with drugs after achieving star status with 2004’s Mean Girls, but she denied ever using cocaine, Vanity Fair reported in its January 2006 issue. The Catholic-raised Lohan cited her estranged father, Michael Lohan’s abuse of cocaine and resultant jail time as her prime reason for her anti-cocaine resolve.

However, after exiting rehab for alcohol abuse in early May, Lohan returned to drinking, and grainy pictures surfaced soon-thereafter (and later…a movie version that currently circulates the web!), depicting Lohan snorting a line of cocaine off of a toilet in Teddy’s nightclub in L.A., reported the News of the World.

On the day before her car accident, Lohan stated that she was growing more mature and that her notorious partying lifestyle, which aligned her with the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, was just a character-type that she is dramaturgically trying on for size. She said, “I’m just a girl, but I’m growing up; I’m learning,” as support for her developing maturity and an insistence that she had changed, reported Hollywood.com.

Unfortunately, Lohan makes no signs of slowing down in spite of her DUI, with regards at least to alcohol. She has already publicly proclaimed that she will spend her 21st birthday – the first time that she will legally be allowed to drink alcohol – drinking vodka at her Svedka sponsored bash on July 2, as reported by Us Weekly.
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Section 577-020 Missouri Chemical tests for DWI alcohol content of breath or blood

Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 577
Public Safety Offenses
Section 577.020

August 28, 2006


Chemical tests for alcohol content of blood--consent implied, when --administered, when, how--information available to person tested, contents--videotaping of chemical or field sobriety test admissible evidence.

577.020. 1. Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent to, subject to the provisions of sections 577.019 to 577.041, a chemical test or tests of the person's breath, blood, saliva or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood pursuant to the following circumstances:

(1) If the person is arrested for any offense arising out of acts which the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe were committed while the person was driving a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged condition; or

(2) If the person is under the age of twenty-one, has been stopped by a law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that such person was driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent or more by weight; or

(3) If the person is under the age of twenty-one, has been stopped by a law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that such person has committed a violation of the traffic laws of the state, or any political subdivision of the state, and such officer has reasonable grounds to believe, after making such stop, that such person has a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent or greater;

(4) If the person is under the age of twenty-one, has been stopped at a sobriety checkpoint or roadblock and the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that such person has a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent or greater;

(5) If the person, while operating a motor vehicle, has been involved in a motor vehicle collision which resulted in a fatality or a readily apparent serious physical injury as defined in section 565.002, RSMo, or has been arrested as evidenced by the issuance of a uniform traffic ticket for the violation of any state law or county or municipal ordinance with the exception of equipment violations contained in chapter 306, RSMo, or similar provisions contained in county or municipal ordinances; or

(6) If the person, while operating a motor vehicle, has been involved in a motor vehicle collision which resulted in a fatality or serious physical injury as defined in section 565.002, RSMo.

The test shall be administered at the direction of the law enforcement officer whenever the person has been arrested or stopped for any reason.

2. The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in subsection 1 of this section shall be limited to not more than two such tests arising from the same arrest, incident or charge.

3. Chemical analysis of the person's breath, blood, saliva, or urine to be considered valid pursuant to the provisions of sections 577.019 to 577.041 shall be performed according to methods approved by the state department of health and senior services by licensed medical personnel or by a person possessing a valid permit issued by the state department of health and senior services for this purpose.

4. The state department of health and senior services shall approve satisfactory techniques, devices, equipment, or methods to be considered valid pursuant to the provisions of sections 577.019 to 577.041 and shall establish standards to ascertain the qualifications and competence of individuals to conduct analyses and to issue permits which shall be subject to termination or revocation by the state department of health and senior services.

5. The person tested may have a physician, or a qualified technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other qualified person at the choosing and expense of the person to be tested, administer a test in addition to any administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the admission of evidence relating to the test taken at the direction of a law enforcement officer.

6. Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information concerning the test shall be made available to such person. Full information is limited to the following:

(1) The type of test administered and the procedures followed;

(2) The time of the collection of the blood or breath sample or urine analyzed;

(3) The numerical results of the test indicating the alcohol content of the blood and breath and urine;

(4) The type and status of any permit which was held by the person who performed the test;

(5) If the test was administered by means of a breath-testing instrument, the date of performance of the most recent required maintenance of such instrument.

Full information does not include manuals, schematics, or software of the instrument used to test the person or any other material that is not in the actual possession of the state. Additionally, full information does not include information in the possession of the manufacturer of the test instrument.

7. Any person given a chemical test of the person's breath pursuant to subsection 1 of this section or a field sobriety test may be videotaped during any such test at the direction of the law enforcement officer. Any such video recording made during the chemical test pursuant to this subsection or a field sobriety test shall be admissible as evidence at either any trial of such person for either a violation of any state law or county or municipal ordinance, or any license revocation or suspension proceeding pursuant to the provisions of chapter 302, RSMo.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1982 S.B. 513, A.L. 1983 S.B. 318 & 135, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 1998 S.B. 634, A.L. 2001 H.B. 144 & 46, A.L. 2006 S.B. 872, et al.)

(1985) The arrested person does not have a choice of which statutory test to take. If a choice were allowed, the person could avoid taking the test by choosing one which was unavailable. Kiso v. King (A.), 691 S.W.2d 374.

(1987) Department of Health rules on approved methods and techniques for chemical analysis of blood alcohol relate to evidence, are procedural and may be applied retrospectively. State v. Kummer, 741 S.W.2d 285 (Mo.App.E.D.).

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054A launched

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First, possibly another 054A?


Anyhow, more pictures from today.
This is the first one in the front and the newly launched one in the back

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Man busted while drunk driving in wheelchair | Oddly Enough | Reuters

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A wheelchair-bound German stunned police when they pulled him over for using the road and found he was 10 times over the legal alcohol limit for drivers.
"He was right in the middle of the road," said a spokesman for police in the northeastern city of Schwerin Tuesday. "The officers couldn't quite believe it when they saw the results of the breath test. That's a life-threatening figure."
The 31-year-old told police he had been out drinking with a friend and was a little over a mile from home when a squad car stopped him as he passed through the village of Ventschow.
Police said that because the man was technically traveling as a pedestrian, he could not be charged with a driving offence.


"It's not like we can impound his wheelchair," the spokesman said. "But he is facing some sort of punishment. It's just not clear yet what exactly that will be."

Illinois DUI Attorney Donald Ramsell's comments: A Wheelchair is considered a vehicle in most of the United States. Like? Man busted while drunk driving in wheelchair | Oddly Enough | Reuters for wallpaper? Shar this image to Man busted while drunk driving in wheelchair | Oddly Enough | Reuters for your friend.

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We have a new Varyag picture here.

A recent 054A picture, the second one in HD about to be launched.

A recent 071 picture, looks like it might be installing SAM or maybe not.

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What is left for Russia to export to China?

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So, with the recent IL-76 controversy, I compiled a list of things I think China still might buy from Russia.

Land Force:
Not sure really - China never did import that much in this area.

Air Defense:
So, there is another 8 S-300PMU2 battalion order. After that, there is the S-400 system and the S-300V. At this point, I think there is still possibility of another purchase toward either S-400 or S-300V, especially since China needs to develop a NMD system. How far the domestic system in HQ-9 has come in ABM capability is unknown, but I would think not as much as S-300V. Tor-M1 discussions pretty much ended for good a few months ago. Buk-M1 has never been in consideration.

Air Force:
Transport/Tanker - I still think China will eventually settle on IL-76 or one of the large Antonov transports for another order before their own large transport gets developed. Clearly, the existing IL-76s are needed to be converted into KJ-2000, so they do lack large transports. And H-6U is not really ideal as the tanker.
AAMs - can't see any future purchases here.
Ground attack munitions - again, can't see any future purchases here unless for su-30s
Fighters - I think they might go ahead with upgrading some of their existing flankers. I don't think it makes a lot of sense for them to purchase su-34/35 at this point, since the domestic J-11 projects seem to be finally bearing fruits.
Bombers - Unless it's Tu-160, I doubt there will be anything. China clearly has no interest in Tu-22M and Tu-95
Avionics - Possibly upgrading su-30 with Irbis (as mentionned in JDW a while back)
Engine - Possibly another AL-31 order after this, but it really depends on how well WS-10A is going. I think RD-93 is definitely stopping after this first 150 engine order.
Helicopter - possibly some more sales of Mi17 and Mi-26, but that's about it

Navy:
Submarines - looks like they are not interested in any more Russian subs. Amur was offered, but it seems like China is more interested in their own next generation SSK. Nuclear sub technology could be one area where China gets help from, but it's not clear how much such technology have been offered.

ASW/Torpedo - They will need more Ka-28 until Z-15 naval version or the 10 tonne helo is ready. Yu-6 finally seems to have achieved a certain level and the imported Test torpedoes seem to not be used on any of the domestic submarines. I think that's a sign of the confidence to Yu-6. Be-200 order was mentionned last year, hasn't mentionned more since, but I think it will go through, since they need a replacement for SH-5.

Destroyers/Frigates - No more orders imo, although possibly upgrading the first two Sovs to using the later versions of Moskit and shtil.

Other ships - Possibly a replenishment ship or hospital ship. But Zubr orders are going through imo.

Aircraft Carrier - some assistance on Carrier operation and parts needed + a couple of su-33s, I don't even think they will extend the order to 14.

Missiles - Not more AShM, they had problems firing klub according to a recent article I read. The Russian SAMs are not likely to get any orders since HH-9/16 seem to be standard for future Destroyers/frigates. Like? What is left for Russia to export to China? for wallpaper? Shar this image to What is left for Russia to export to China? for your friend.

Scalia's daughter denied bid for restricted license | Chicago Tribune

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Scalia's daughter denied bid for restricted licensePublished May 17, 2007
A DuPage County judge Wednesday denied the daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia her request for a restricted driver's license.Ann Banaszewski, 45, a Wheaton mother of five, had her license automatically suspended on March 30 for six months when she refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test after being arrested in February on drunken driving charges.

Her attorney, Top Illinois DUI Attorney Donald Ramsell, sought a restricted license to allow her to drive her children to school, arguing state law permits such licenses to allow people to drive to and from work during the suspension of their license."She is employed as a homemaker," said Ramsell. "No doubt, this is work, this is employment. This is not for her benefit, but for her children and husband."The request sought permission for her to drive her children from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and to AA meetings.DuPage Judge Daniel Guerin ruled the request improper under state law."This is certainly an interesting and progressive viewpoint," he said. "I certainly understand her household chores. But I am limited by the specific language of the state statutes."Ramsell and DuPage prosecutors were unsuccessful in reaching a negotiated settlement of the case before Guerin's ruling.The case has been continued until May 30. Like? Scalia's daughter denied bid for restricted license | Chicago Tribune for wallpaper? Shar this image to Scalia's daughter denied bid for restricted license | Chicago Tribune for your friend.

No permit for Scalia's daughter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State

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No permit for Scalia's daughter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State: "No permit for Scalia's daughter
May 17, 2007
The daughter of a U.S. Supreme Court justice lost her bid Wednesday to obtain a temporary driving permit as she fights drunken-driving and child-endangerment charges filed against her in DuPage County.
Ann Banaszewski, 45, of Wheaton had her license automatically suspended for six months because she refused to take a breath test after being stopped Feb. 12 by police while she was driving with three of her children in a minivan.
Illinois DUI Defense attorney Donald Ramsell on Wednesday unsuccessfully sought a limited judicial driving permit for the daughter of Justice Antonin Scalia, contending she needed to drive her five children to school and other activities. " Like? No permit for Scalia's daughter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State for wallpaper? Shar this image to No permit for Scalia's daughter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State for your friend.

Prosecutor fired after pot arrest - 05/17/2007 - MiamiHerald.com

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Prosecutor fired after pot arrest
A Miami-Dade prosecutor was fired after being charged with buying marijuana from a street dealer in Coconut Grove.
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COURTESY OF MIAMI-DADE CORRECTIONS
Utpal Dighe
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Prosecutor Utpal Dighe was fired Wednesday, hours after police say he bought marijuana from a dealer in Coconut Grove.
The Miami-Dade state attorney's office has asked the governor's office to appoint a special prosecutor to handle his case, which is routinely done to avoid any conflict of interest.
Dighe was charged with one count of third-degree felony purchase of cannabis and one misdemeanor count of cannabis possession.
''As a prosecutor, one is sworn to uphold our criminal laws, not violate them. I cannot tolerate one of my prosecutors behaving as if their oath of office required no personal commitment to the law,'' State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle said in a statement.
Dighe was booked into Miami-Dade County Jail Wednesday morning and has since posted $6,000 bond. He could not be reached for comment.
According to a Miami police arrest report, Dighe pulled up in his black Acura to a dealer on Grand Avenue Tuesday night.
Detective Willie B. Smith, of the Crime Suppression Team, says he spotted Dighe buying the drugs. His car was pulled over. According to the police report, he told an officer ``Please, just take it. Let me go. I can't go to jail. . . . I will lose my job.''
Dighe joined the state attorney's office in 2004. In November 2006, he was reprimanded after he approved an 18-month plea bargain for a career criminal accused of stealing a police officer's gun. Dighe offered the plea without consulting police or his supervisors, drawing the ire of the Police Benevolent Association, Miami-Dade's police union.
Dighe is the third prosecutor to be arrested during the past 13 months.
In March 2006, Ramon Sarmiento was arrested after an off-duty police officer working at the nightclub Space said he found seven Ecstasy pills in the man's pocket. He resigned from the state attorney's office; the charges were later dropped.
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Ohio needs to toughen DUI laws

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Ohio needs to toughen DUI laws

Why do we continue to tolerate drunks who drive, crash and kill people?

Drunken driving is a huge problem in Ohio. For every 10 cars that drive past you, one is likely to be driven by someone convicted of driving under the influence.

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According to Department of Public Safety figures dating back to 1973, there are almost 36,000 drivers with five or more drunken-driving convictions in Ohio. There are 312 people in Muskingum County with five or more DUI convictions, including two with a staggering 16 convictions each.

Last year, 52.9 percent of the 528 people convicted in Muskingum County of operating a vehicle under the influence were repeat offenders. That's far above the state average of 41.2 percent for repeat offenders.

After a run of fatalities at the hands of repeat offenders, the General Assembly is belatedly taking action.

Last week, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill requiring Ohioans with multiple drunken-driving convictions to take breath tests when stopped by police, and to wear bracelets to monitor alcohol levels through their sweat.

Blood-alcohol tests would be mandatory for anyone with two or more DUI convictions.

The measure moves to the House, which likely will consider a proposal that would require anyone convicted of drunken driving to install an ignition-locking device. The device won't allow the car to start if the driver has been drinking.

While they are at it, legislators should close the loophole that ties judges' hands when it comes to repeat offenders. A man in Cincinnati only got six months in jail for his eighth DUI in 30 years because of the time gaps between his convictions.

It's impossible to eliminate drunken driving entirely. But tougher laws and greater vigilance among us all can reduce the number of intoxicated drivers - and the deaths they inevitably cause.

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New PLAN CIWS

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well, we saw that China showed some Kashtan clones in the recent IDEX 2007 show. But those ones seemed to be pretty much geared for exports.

I got picture of a couple of new CIWS apparently for PLAN. Not sure if these are seriously going into service or not. An interesting part is that they no longer have the radar on the gun itself. I assume that must mean it requires some kind of on board radar (like Kashtan's on board radar) for targetting.


The latter is clearly more advanced with the 8 extra missiles + 1 extra "eye"
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Breath Testers Considered For All DUI Convictions - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix

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6abc.com: Not Your Typical DUI

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'Breath-test machines' considered for all DUI convictions - ABC15.com: Phoenix, Arizona News, Weather, Radar, Breaking News, Traffic and Web Cams

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'Breath-test machines' considered for all Arizona DUI convictions

Just another example of Big Brother trting to hook all of us up to government machines:

In a move welcomed by advocates for tougher laws against drunken driving, Arizona legislators are moving toward requiring DUI offenders to use ignition interlocks for at least a year when resuming driving after first convictions.

The House is poised to vote on a DUI sentencing bill recently amended to add a requirement that convicted DUI offenders equip their vehicles with the breath-test devices to analyze a person's blood-alcohol content.

The ignition interlock system will not allow a vehicle's ignition to operate if the person's alcohol content is below a present limit.

"It'll more or less get the weapons out of the hands of the drunk driver," said Ericka Espino, executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Arizona. "We try and educate people about the effects of drunk driving and the laws and some of the penalties, but unfortunately it's not working."

If the requirement for first-time DUI offenders is enacted, Arizona would be following the lead of New Mexico. That state adopted a similar mandate in 2005.

Arizona already requires that some DUI offenders use ignition interlocks when their driving privileges are restored but not for first offenders of regular DUI.

The House on Thursday approved an amendment by Democratic Rep. David Schapira to add the broadened ignition interlock requirement to a Senate-passed bill of DUI sentencing. Among other provisions, the bill would require 45 days of consecutive jail time for first-time extreme DUI offenders with blood-alcohol content of .20 or higher.

Arizona's limits are .08 for regular DUI and .15 for extreme DUI.

Currently, a first-time extreme DUI conviction requires 30 consecutive days of jail, but a judge can suspend all but 10 of the 30 days.

The bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Jim Waring of Phoenix, said he supported Schapira's addition to his bill - one of several DUI measure's he's sponsoring this year - as long as it doesn't jeopardize passage of the original measure.

"There are a lot of victims rooting for this bill," Waring said of the stricter sentencing provisions that he said are aimed at experienced hard-core drinkers who repeatedly drink drive.

Schapira, whose amendment drew bipartisan support during Thursday's floor session, said the ignition interlock requirement would augment tougher sentences, partly by taking the decision of whether somebody is fit to drive out of their hands.

"We need some further deterrent," he said. "We've got to think outside the box."

Cost for the devices, typically $120 for installation and $60-$70 a month for monitoring, would be borne by offenders, Schapira added.

Advocates voiced support during interviews Monday.

"Anything that's going to make it more difficult for people to get behind the wheel when they've been drinking just makes sense," said Dale Norris, a retired Phoenix police officer who is executive director for the Arizona Police Association.

The father of Rob Targosz, a Gilbert police officer killed in a crash involving a man accused of drunken driving, said the state needs to try whatever technological means are available to combat drunken driving.

"Most of these accidents occur with the repeat offenders so we' trying to do what we can to lessen the number that are lost every year," said Gene Targosz of Phoenix.

The New Mexico Legislature this year expanded that state's requirement to require people who moved to New Mexico with a drunken driving conviction to install an ignition interlock in their vehicle.

New Mexico's 2005 law requires interlocks for all New Mexicans convicted of drunken driving - one year of the device for a first offense, two years for a second offense, three years for a third offense and lifetime for four offenses or more. Like? 'Breath-test machines' considered for all DUI convictions - ABC15.com: Phoenix, Arizona News, Weather, Radar, Breaking News, Traffic and Web Cams for wallpaper? Shar this image to 'Breath-test machines' considered for all DUI convictions - ABC15.com: Phoenix, Arizona News, Weather, Radar, Breaking News, Traffic and Web Cams for your friend.

West Virginia DUI Laws

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Charleston Daily Mail recently printed this article on West Virginia DUI Laws:

W.Va.'s DUI laws need to be tough
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WEST Virginia's prisons and jails are filled
beyond their designed capacities. The 10
regional jails have 1,200 more people than they were designed to hold.
The main reason is that those jails house 1,300
people who are waiting to be transferred to prisons.
To ease the burden, state Sen. Dan Foster,
D-Kanawha, proposed revising the penalties for driving
under the influence. Instead of sending people who are convicted of third-offense DUI to prison, Foster
proposed the state send them to jail instead, requiring community service and alcohol counseling.
But at what price?
The question goes beyond dollars and sense, and is measured also in lives.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the statistics to bear this out.
Back in the bad old days of 1983, drunken drivers killed 253 people on the roads of West Virginia.
Alcohol-related deaths accounted for 60 percent of those killed in traffic fatalities in the state that year.
Tougher DUI laws cut those deaths in half.
That same federal agency reported that in 2005, drunken drivers killed 126 people in West Virginia.
Only 34 percent of the traffic deaths in the state that year were alcohol-related.
Under Foster's proposal, more than 200 drunken
drivers would be transferred from prison to jail. The bill did not progress, so it's back to the drawing board.
Many good people are trying to find answers to overcrowded prisons, overcrowded jails, the cost of public defenders, rising county jail bills, and more.
These are real problems. But simply defining
deviance down is not the solution.
Donna Hawkins, executive director of the state's chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, opposed
the bill Foster introduced.
"We realize that there is the overcrowding, but DUI is a violent crime and needs to be recognized as such," Hawkins said.
The state should not change criminal penalties
at the risk of raising the death toll from drunk drivers. A policy of tolerating deviance produces real victims.
A state that went from 253 alcohol-related traffic deaths in one year to 126 alcohol-related traffic deaths some 22 years later obviously is doing something right. Like? West Virginia DUI Laws for wallpaper? Shar this image to West Virginia DUI Laws for your friend.

Beacon News :: News :: Drug court forum brings tears, rage

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Drug court forum brings tears, rage
April 13, 2007
By MATT HANLEY Staff Writer
The fact that two Batavia police officers had to be called to a forum about former Kane County Judge Jim Doyle's drug court -- almost a year after the judge stepped down -- demonstrates how much passion still surrounds the issue.
At a meeting called by State Sen. Chris Lauzen Wednesday night, angry accusations and tearful endorsements filled a tense and bizarre hour. Some grads talked about how drug court saved them from certain ruin.
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"Now I'm a good mother to my kids," drug court grad Virginia Tribble testified. "I love that man for what he has done for my life."
But others got up and said that for all the good Doyle's drug court did, the program had faults.
"Was Jim Doyle a bad man?" asked Tom Ratz, a former drug court participant. "No, but he made mistakes, in my book."
Ratz was one of the defendants who felt his civil rights were trampled by Doyle, who forced him to stay in drug court too long and jailed him unfairly, according to Ratz.
After the program started in 2000, hundreds of people came through Doyle's courtroom, where they were given a chance to avoid prison while they worked to break their addiction. Doyle received national praise as the program grew to more than 700 participants.
But in November 2004, the state Judicial Inquiry Board accused Doyle of abusing "the powers of his office by systematically violating the constitutional and statutory rights of criminal defendants."
In June of 2006, Doyle retired before either he or the JIB could present their cases. Judge William Weir now runs the drug court.
Weir was not present at the meeting Tuesday, and Doyle declined to speak about the investigation or the JIB Wednesday.
Since Doyle's resignation, Lauzen has taken up the case, asking to know how much the JIB spent on its investigation of Doyle.
"When a state agency comes after a good person, you have to push back," Lauzen said. "It ain't their money; it's your (taxpayers') money."
Lauzen, R-Aurora, called Wednesday's meeting at the Batavia VFW after he was denied the right to speak for six minutes at a state appropriations committee, where Lauzen wanted to present charts showing how successful Doyle's court had been. But Lauzen says he wasn't allowed to speak.
"My father was wounded twice (in war)," Lauzen said, adding that his son is an active Marine. "They do not put their lives on the line to muzzle free speech."
Lauzen is asking for leadership change in the JIB and more openness. No members of the board were present, and Lauzen did not address the concerns raised in the complaint against Doyle.
Anger from people who felt the forum was biased -- particularly Ratz's regular outbursts -- led the police to be called, although the officers stood in the back and made no arrests.
No official stance or plan of action was taken at the meeting, but it was recorded to be shown on cable TV at a future date.
"There were moments that were difficult, but that's what happens in a country with free speech," Lauzen said after the meeting. "The people who wanted to do damage interrupted." Like? Beacon News :: News :: Drug court forum brings tears, rage for wallpaper? Shar this image to Beacon News :: News :: Drug court forum brings tears, rage for your friend.