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States Impose Tougher DUI Laws

By Conaway and Strickler

Legislators in South Carolina have a signed a bill that will raise the maximum jail time for DUI offenders from five to seven years, impose tougher penalties for motorists who refuse to take a field sobriety test and increase the punishment for those who have a blood alcohol content higher then the legal limit. Legislators believe that this new law will ?improve the DUI conviction rate and make the prosecution process easier for the department and the prosecutors,? according to an article in the Augusta Chronicle (). The law will become effective in February. Among other things, this law will also stop requiring officers to have to read the Miranda?s rights three times. According to police officers, that provided a way out for offenders who would avoid conviction by pointing out that the arresting officer missed one reading...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on May 20, 2008 (boomark / email).