Current Events > Man Get's Life Sentence for 9th DWI

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Fuck around 9 times and eventually find out, I guess.

Not going to be losing any sleep over this; people who DUI already demonstrated they don't care about anyone else so not like I'm gonna care about them.

We had one that I joked about. Guy had 7 counts of dui but he was a literal midget so I joked he just couldn't see over the steering wheel. But alas he openly admitted he loved to drive drunk.

Think hew got 8 duis now

seems fair...

Fair. Should've happened after the second time he got caught. People who drive impaired don't care about anyone else, so I don't care about them

Sufferedphoneix posted...

We had one that I joked about. Guy had 7 counts of dui but he was a literal midget so I joked he just couldn't see over the steering wheel. But alas he openly admitted he loved to drive drunk.

Think hew got 8 duis now

bruh

UnfairRepresent posted...

bruh

It's weird to me. Prison is full of murderers rapists ect then you ha e this guy who's in cause his dumbass just couldn't stay home after drinking. As far as I'm aware he has yet to hurt anyone.

Not sympathizing with him at all but sometimes I feel prisons should be separated by crime. Some people just end up bigger criminals by the time they are out. Think he ended up joining a gang cause let's face it he's tiny as fuck and probably needed protection

Sufferedphoneix posted...

It's weird to me. Prison is full of murderers rapists ect then you ha e this guy who's in cause his dumbass just couldn't stay home after drinking. As far as I'm aware he has yet to hurt anyone.

Not sympathizing with him at all but sometimes I feel prisons should be separated by crime. Some people just end up bigger criminals by the time they are out. Think he ended up joining a gang cause let's face it he's tiny as fuck and probably needed protection

I somewhat agree with this but that is still a shit ton of dui's

What was the punishment for his 8th offense?

tripleh213 posted...

I somewhat agree with this but that is still a shit ton of dui's

Oh yeah. He definitely needs to be locked up. And probably for life. Without having actually hurting anyone though I'd say stick him in minimum custody. But I always found it odd they do have separate prisons for white collar criminals but those are really the only ones who get separated.

If anything violent and non violent is what should be separated.

They should meet my uncle. Well hes dead now, cirrhosis and flipped a car

Did they try installing the vehicle breathalyzer thing? Or Alcoholics Anonymous?

Seems kinda disingenuous if they didn't try preventative measures first

a life sentence for a dui (yes, even 9 imo) seems a bit extreme. or is it one of those 25 year sentences that gets called a life sentence? or is that all life sentences? idk though

Master_Kazuya posted...

Did they try installing the vehicle breathalyzer thing? Or Alcoholics Anonymous?

Seems kinda disingenuous if they didn't try preventative measures first

Who says he has to drive his car.

Also alcoholics anonymous doesn't work for everyone.

Master_Kazuya posted...

Did they try installing the vehicle breathalyzer thing? Or Alcoholics Anonymous?

Seems kinda disingenuous if they didn't try preventative measures first

By the 9th offense he doesn't deserve any sort of treatment. That's not the state's responsibility at that point.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

a life sentence for a dui (yes, even 9 imo) seems a bit extreme. or is it one of those 25 year sentences that gets called a life sentence? or is that all life sentences? idk though

Nah it actually annoys me I know some inmates with like 80 years and it still doesn't say life on their sentence. If they gonna die in prison may as well call it life.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

a life sentence for a dui (yes, even 9 imo) seems a bit extreme. or is it one of those 25 year sentences that gets called a life sentence? or is that all life sentences? idk though

At that point he's clearly shown he doesn't respond to legal penalties and will keep endangering people. A life sentence is appropriate.

Irony posted...

Whoever made that image has never used a breathalyzer or used one like 30 years ago.

Explain to me why it won't work on the Vehicle Breathalyser.

I'm curious what technology can differentiate an air from balloon and from the mouth.

Ricemills posted...

Explain to me why it won't work on the Vehicle Breathalyser.

I'm curious what technology can differentiate an air from balloon and from the mouth.

Well for one you probably couldn't get it to trigger given how hard and long you need to blow on the ones I've used

Sufferedphoneix posted...

Who says he has to drive his car.

Also alcoholics anonymous doesn't work for everyone.

RuneterranSnap posted...

By the 9th offense he doesn't deserve any sort of treatment. That's not the state's responsibility at that point.

You guys aren't getting it. I'm asking was anything else tried. Not if 9 DUIs is okay or how to cure alcoholism. You don't go from 1 to 9 offenses instantly. You need 1, and then 2, then 3, get it?

The fact that you can get around a car breathalizer is kinda irrelevant. People can get around a lot of things. But it does make it harder and it also adds an entirely new layer of forethought to the action.

Like the average person goes out with some friends to watch a game, has a couple of beers. When they leave, they blow to start the car and whoops, they blew a 0.09. That person is probably not going to game the system. They'll call an Uber/friend or just wait it off. Most people aren't looking to drive drunk, they just underestimate how drunk they are and will stop attempting once they realize that they are over the limit.

Now if someone is bypassing their breathalyzer to drive while impaired, then they are a serious problem and when caught need to face considerably stronger penalties. Because they are operating with active intent to harm.

Master_Kazuya posted...

You guys aren't getting it. I'm asking was anything else tried. Not if 9 DUIs is okay or how to cure alcoholism. You don't go from 1 to 9 offenses instantly. You need 1, and then 2, then 3, get it?

I'm assuming things where tried. At the very least urged to go to rehab for a lighter sentence. To be honest rehab kinda felt like a minimum custody prison.

Master_Kazuya posted...

You guys aren't getting it. I'm asking was anything else tried. Not if 9 DUIs is okay or how to cure alcoholism. You don't go from 1 to 9 offenses instantly. You need 1, and then 2, then 3, get it?

No I get it, but in this case it's completely irrelevant.

Priere posted...

Drunk driving should be a 3 strike thing.

Strike 1, 1 year and 5 year suspended license

Strike 2, 5 years and 10 year suspension.

Strike 3, life. No parole.

Pretty excessive but then again you can kill as many people as you want in Canada and not get sentence any higher then life, 25 years parole.

You also should keep in mind some people get dui by drinking the night before and not having the alcohol out of there system the next day. Would you consider that worth being put in jail for a year with a 5 year driving ban?

M0NSTER_ posted...

You also should keep in mind some people get dui by drinking the night before and not having the alcohol out of there system the next day.

You can get a DUI by sleeping it off in your car.

Questionmarktarius posted...

You can get a DUI by sleeping it off in your car.

Yep I've known you happen twice. You can't be in the driver seat or keys In the ignition iirc

Ricemills posted...

Explain to me why it won't work on the Vehicle Breathalyser.

I'm curious what technology can differentiate an air from balloon and from the mouth.

The one dude I know had a camera on his.

Should put him behind the wheel of some 80s pick up and slam him into a wall at 50 mph. If he survives he can go about his days.

party_animal07 posted...

Can't be from Wisconsin. People have multiple duis here all the fucking time here.

Tavern league wouldn't allow it. The thousands of mom and pop bars need those people to survive. They do generally have safe ride services, but they don't really make it known that those are available since it costs the bars money

I think license suspensions, at least for first offenses, are not terribly practical. Like if obeying the suspension means you lose your livelyhood, then basically everyone will drive on a suspended license. So it doesn't actually keep people off the road. And the people most likely to repeatedly offend, will keep offending. But because the license is suspended, they won't put breathalizers on your cars because you theoretically shouldn't be driving. I think it would be better to do a mandated breathalizer on a car and have your license on probation so that any further driving infractions have increased punishments. That would do a better job of preventing the people most likely to repeat offend from doing so, while also not financially ruining people who are one-offs.

Compsognathus posted...

I think license suspensions, at least for first offenses, are not terribly practical.

back it up with a tow boot

Questionmarktarius posted...

back it up with a tow boot

That would work, but I'll be blunt, I just don't like the idea of financially ruining people on first offenses for most crimes.

The justice system should balance 3 things, protecting the populace, rehabilitating the offender, and punishing the offender. For most crimes, especially first offenses, I think the first two things should be priority over the third.

Over-punishment just makes our poverty/homeless issue worse.

ironman2009 posted...

Should put him behind the wheel of some 80s pick up and slam him into a wall at 50 mph. If he survives he can go about his days.

wut

UnfairRepresent posted...

wut

Did I stutter?

Should've been a sovereign citizen

Compsognathus posted...

That would work, but I'll be blunt, I just don't like the idea of financially ruining people on first offenses for most crimes.

The justice system should balance 3 things, protecting the populace, rehabilitating the offender, and punishing the offender. For most crimes, especially first offenses, I think the first two things should be priority over the third.

Over-punishment just makes our poverty/homeless issue worse.

Most crimes don't financially ruin people, a DUI is an incredibly stupid and reckless charge, they earned whatever they got

Should just ban alcohol in general it is literal poison that does nothing but hurt there is no reason for it to even be made especially since it tastes so nasty you can't even be like but it tastes good because it all tastes awful.

Quicksilver posted...

Should just ban alcohol in general it is literal poison that does nothing but hurt there is no reason for it to even be made especially since it tastes so nasty you can't even be like but it tastes good because it all tastes awful.

Some pretty garbage bait

Quicksilver posted...

Should just ban alcohol in general it is literal poison that does nothing but hurt there is no reason for it to even be made especially since it tastes so nasty you can't even be like but it tastes good because it all tastes awful.

I get the same response from smokers. My mother has stage 4 cancer, and I was a caretaker with someone with late stage copd. She had pnumonia 14 times lifetime and 10 times in the last 4 years. She died last year It's horrible to see die over something that's totally preventable. Beat the addictions. It's clearly this guys problem. If you drink stay the fuck home. If you are getting DWIs know your fucking limit. All preventable shit.

Quicksilver posted...

Should just ban alcohol in general it is literal poison that does nothing but hurt there is no reason for it to even be made especially since it tastes so nasty you can't even be like but it tastes good because it all tastes awful.

Yes, because that worked so well in the past

indica posted...

Yes, because that worked so well in the past

New Zealand is banning cigs and I think a few other places are doing it too

Life imprisonment I dunno... Life disqualification from driving, absolutely.

WesternMedia posted...

New Zealand is banning cigs and I think a few other places are doing it too

Not really the same.

Compsognathus posted...

I think license suspensions, at least for first offenses, are not terribly practical. Like if obeying the suspension means you lose your livelyhood, then basically everyone will drive on a suspended license. So it doesn't actually keep people off the road. And the people most likely to repeatedly offend, will keep offending. But because the license is suspended, they won't put breathalizers on your cars because you theoretically shouldn't be driving. I think it would be better to do a mandated breathalizer on a car and have your license on probation so that any further driving infractions have increased punishments. That would do a better job of preventing the people most likely to repeat offend from doing so, while also not financially ruining people who are one-offs.

On a first offense DUI charge here in Arizona no matter what your license gets suspended, you'll later have to put a breathalyzer in and it's guaranteed you'll spend at least one day in jail.

honestly there needs to be much harsher penalties for texting and driving since it is more dangerous than drunk driving and causes tons of wrecks and deaths

I heard he's having "I have no regrets" carved on his tombstone when he dies of old age of 107 years old in prison.

Chud82 posted...

I heard he's having "I have no regrets" carved on his tombstone when he dies of old age of 107 years old in prison.

Dark

Trumble posted...

Not really the same.

How isn't it?