NCBusa2001
Registered
Let me start by saying I DO NOT condone drunk driving but I need to share this with you fine people.
This is a brief story of my friends plight. Here’s the deal.
2003 We were hanging our basically bar hopping. He was on his motorcycle and I was in my truck. He leaves the bar, too soon, and gets pulled within 2 blocks of the bar. Enter DWI #1. Goes to court gets one year suspended sentence and lost his license.
2004 He had a bit to drink at a family get together and got pulled (way outside of the LEO’s jurisdiction) on his way home (blew an .11 with no license) He got a 24 month suspended sentence plus some jail time. DWI #2
December 2005. He is at my house and we were drinking a bit. At 11:00 I tell him to ease up as I was heading to bed shortly. Midnight, still drinking. 1am, still drinking. 2am, time to go, as Kim wouldn’t want to find him drunk on the couch in the morning.
2:15AM I get a call “Hey man, I got pulled and need you to pick up my scooter.†Well damm. So I go and help a brother out. DWI #3
January 2006 He goes to court and they activate his sentences and he goes in for THREE YEARS (18 months) and the last DWI hasn’t even gone to court. Once that gets heard they could tack on another FOUR YEARS.
In summary: DWI on motorcycle, DWI compact car, DWI on moped = 2-7 years in prison @ $80,000 a year billed to Joe Blow taxpayer.
To me that is draconian in nature. Does he have a problem, Yes. Is he an alcoholic, Yes. Is he a criminal deserved of prison, NO. Should he have court mandated inpatient treatment stay, Yes.
I realize “he rolled the dice and lost†but to put someone in prison for that length of time serves no purpose. Definitely not going to be a rehabilitating experience and he will still be an alcoholic when he is released. How does that serve to protect the public?
Now a person can sell all the crack to your kids then rape and molest them, and still not serve that kind of time. I can break in to your house steal you blind, slap your wife, have my way with your cat….and not get that kind of time. I just don’t understand the rational of our judicial system.
Am I way off base, or is something just not right here.
Sadly,
Chris
P.S. I wonder how much time the captain of the Exxon Valdez received.
This is a brief story of my friends plight. Here’s the deal.
2003 We were hanging our basically bar hopping. He was on his motorcycle and I was in my truck. He leaves the bar, too soon, and gets pulled within 2 blocks of the bar. Enter DWI #1. Goes to court gets one year suspended sentence and lost his license.
2004 He had a bit to drink at a family get together and got pulled (way outside of the LEO’s jurisdiction) on his way home (blew an .11 with no license) He got a 24 month suspended sentence plus some jail time. DWI #2
December 2005. He is at my house and we were drinking a bit. At 11:00 I tell him to ease up as I was heading to bed shortly. Midnight, still drinking. 1am, still drinking. 2am, time to go, as Kim wouldn’t want to find him drunk on the couch in the morning.
2:15AM I get a call “Hey man, I got pulled and need you to pick up my scooter.†Well damm. So I go and help a brother out. DWI #3
January 2006 He goes to court and they activate his sentences and he goes in for THREE YEARS (18 months) and the last DWI hasn’t even gone to court. Once that gets heard they could tack on another FOUR YEARS.
In summary: DWI on motorcycle, DWI compact car, DWI on moped = 2-7 years in prison @ $80,000 a year billed to Joe Blow taxpayer.
To me that is draconian in nature. Does he have a problem, Yes. Is he an alcoholic, Yes. Is he a criminal deserved of prison, NO. Should he have court mandated inpatient treatment stay, Yes.
I realize “he rolled the dice and lost†but to put someone in prison for that length of time serves no purpose. Definitely not going to be a rehabilitating experience and he will still be an alcoholic when he is released. How does that serve to protect the public?
Now a person can sell all the crack to your kids then rape and molest them, and still not serve that kind of time. I can break in to your house steal you blind, slap your wife, have my way with your cat….and not get that kind of time. I just don’t understand the rational of our judicial system.
Am I way off base, or is something just not right here.
Sadly,
Chris
P.S. I wonder how much time the captain of the Exxon Valdez received.