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"Some Coloradans drive until they kill"

By Douglas A. Berman

This title of this post is the headline of this long Denver Post article that spotlights some of the reasons why I am not confident that society's current sentencing and punishment schemes for drunk driving are sound.  Here are excerpts from the piece: Richard Strock was arrested for drunken driving 18 times before he killed anyone. In his 19th case, his 63-year-old ex-wife was thrown into the windshield and died.... A Denver Post examination of 195 vehicular homicide-DUI cases since 2005 found that at least 30 percent of the defendants had other drunken-driving cases.  Twenty-two drivers had multiple DUI arrests before they killed people. Three picked up new drunken-driving charges after killing people while under the influence.  One was arrested for driving drunk the day after he ran a red light and killed a woman...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 07, 2009 (boomark / email).