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D.U.I. REPEAT OFFENDERS

Up to 75% of those convicted of "driving under the influence" of alcohol or drugs and even those convicted of vehicular manslaughter, meaning someone died as a result of a car accident while the offender was at the wheel, these offenders may still be driving around with a revoked or suspended driver's license! Why?

The U.S. justice system too often relies on "the word" of the drunk or drugged driver that he will no longer drive a vehicle while serving his sentence or while on probation for a D.U.I. offense. The problem is no one is really supervising the offender's behavior if the repeat offender is not in jail.

Up to 75% of those who have been convicted of a D.U.I. offense are still driving around without a valid driver's license and may not even try to hide their felonious behavior! Your loved ones may have paid with their lives due to the drunken behavior of a repeat offender, someone who may have even got off with a what seems like a "slap on the wrist" in front of a judge and the court judges doing the sentencing actually can sleep at night feeling they have handed down a fair penalty! Remember, repeat offenders have been caught and convicted of D.U.I. related offenses more than once and this is just when they get caught! Just imagine all the times they may have been out there driving under the influence and did not get caught!

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: ABC-TV PRIMETIME LIVE 1/22/97

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