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It’s not easy being a judge. When the verdict has come back guilty, it’s your job to determine the punishment. The law sets down guidelines, but you are there to determine how serious the offense was, and if the sentence you deliver will deter others from the same crime. It’s not easy. In North Carolina …
There’ s a good chance we know where you’ll be during the Super Bowl. If you’re a fan and you’re free, you’ll be in front of a TV (except for 71,795 of you, who will be in Houston at NRG stadium). You’ll be at your home, or a friend’s home, or at a sports bar …
A study just released from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that the rate of drunk driving is continuing to decline in the US. About 11.1 percent of respondents surveyed said they had driven drunk in 2014. In 2002, that number was 15.3 percent. It’s good news, but what’s going on? The …
You’re not a drunk driver. You don’t down five whiskies and peel out onto the highway, veering into the oncoming lane, speeding, weaving, causing people to run off into ditches. You’ve never killed anyone. But maybe now is a good time to think about drinking and driving. Perhaps you’ve always kept your drinking down to …
Okay, it is news. The Arizona Cardinals wide receiver was found asleep at the wheel of his car in Scottsdale with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .217, more than twice the legal level. This qualifies him for the designation of “super extreme DUI,” which carries stiff penalties. We said it’s not news because …
Insanity, they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That makes license suspension for DWI pretty crazy. Ronnie Lee Welch is today’s example. Recently he was charged with his 16th DWI in Gaston County. The judge, fed up with punishments that weren’t having effect, decided to stop the …
Last Thanksgiving Phoenix motorists dodged a couple of the most lethal bullets out there: wrong-way drivers. Police arrested two drivers who were headed the wrong way down the road in the wee hours. One, a woman, was arrested for Extreme DUI, which in Arizona means her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was above 1.5, about twice …
State, local and federal law enforcement officials are again banding together for a common purpose: to rid the state of impaired driving between now and the end of the year. It’s the annual Arizona DUI enforcement campaign launch. Yesterday these officials gathered at the state Capitol to officially announce the launch. The campaigns involve both …
