"REPEAT OFFENDER" is not applied across the board. This guy will be put away this time, but he'll be out in 5 to 10, and he'll do it again. Lady construction worker in IL was hit and killed a couple of years ago, and the guy that did it, didn't have a driver's license since '87 because of a DUI. For that matter, the woman that started MADD now has a DUI.
I don't think they need to come down on a first time offender as hard as they do, but the second time, they should know better. The third time, "REPEAT OFFENDER" needs to be applied.
However, when they get out of prison, license or not, they will be driving again.
Every one of my kids went through a "phase" of drinking. And, at times, they also drove after a few. But, today, not one of them will drink and drive, and two of them don't even drink at all anymore.
So, why isn't the guy in prison? He may have been. But he's out and doing it again. By the time they get into their 40s, it's not a phase anymore.
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