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Shouldn't we have tougher recidivism sentencing laws for DWI?

By Douglas A. Berman

This Ohio story about an upcoming DUI sentencing has my blood boiling again about the failure of states to adopt tough recidivism sentencing laws to respond to the very risky behavior of repeat drunk driving.  Here are the basics:Three decades of drunken driving have finally caught up with 19-time offender Stephen W. Wolf ? thanks largely to a pair of quick-acting young men.  Wolf, 50, of Hamilton, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced today on his 19th drunken-driving conviction.... Wolf's lawyer, Robert Qucsai, says Wolf should not be judged by his driving record alone. "He's a really personable guy. He's really easy to talk to.  He's not nearly as bad as his record would reflect," Qucsai said Monday...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).