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DUI Murder?

By Lawrence Taylor

In recent years it has become increasingly fashionable and politically advantageous to adopt MADD’s "War on Drunk Driving" — to ratchet up the Draconian penalties while at the same time gradually eliminating inconvenient laws and constitutional safeguards. Perhaps the most glaring example of this approach has been the relatively recent phenomenon of politically ambitious prosecutors charging suspects in DUI cases involving a fatality not with manslaughter but with murder. The following are excerpts from a CBS "60 Minutes" special aired three days ago.  The case involved a 24-year-old man, Martin Heidgen, who was driving with a high blood-alcohol level when he hit a limousine, killing the driver and a 7-year-old girl...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).