Personal Injury Law

Maryland Drunk Driving Laws: Change We Need

The Baltimore Sun has written another story about the tragic death of a young woman who was a junior at Johns Hopkins and was killed by a drunk driver who has had nine previous drunk driving convictions.

I've avoiding writing about this topic because I really could not think of anything meaningful to add. We all get it. The drunk driver is the bad guy. The young woman who was killed had tons of potential that will never be filled on this Earth. Our judicial system let us down. We all get it. Do we need yet another lawyer with a blog post restating the manifestly obvious?

But why did our judicial system let us down? The laws we have are a function of political pressure we give to our politicians. Why do we allow people with nine drunk driving convictions to stay out of jail? Maryland law let us down more than the judicial system in this case.

How many people in Maryland do you think have more than three drunk driving convictions? Take a guess. I'll provide the answer after the jump to give you a chance to think about it.

Full post as published by Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog on November 05, 2009 (boomark / email).