Yeah, I think you're right that most people are on board. But those aren't really the ones we need to worry about. How do we get through to repeat offenders? I don't necessarily have the answer, but mixed signals can't be helping.
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WR coach Keith Williams gets 30 days in jail for his DUI
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Who said they should. No one on this board. It seems like the sentence whether in jail or at home with monitoring is in line with typical NE criminal law. The only treatment he may get is moving the sentence after the spring game. That is also not abnormal. I had friends back home who got sentences of 14 days in jail. They were allowed to serve them over 7 weekends so as not to affect their job. So where exactly do you think he has received special treatment?
A couple of comments. First I don't think that jail time cures anyone of alcoholism, and I think many DUIs are a result of that disease (My personal opinion is that repeated DUIs are committed by alcoholics). So stick them in jail since it gives some us some satisfaction -- we punished that guy -- but don't confuse that with making them less likely to drive drunk again. Second, getting a buzz on impairs your ability to drive safely, so "I just had a couple of drinks" can also kill innocent people in the other car. I don't think anyone should drive after even one drink. And finally, what is this with teaching 14 year old kids to drive? I assume that is for emergency situations, not to permit them to drive at that age to the store and get a carton of milk.
What was the period over which he got the DUIs? If I recall KW were spread out over a 12 year period. The last of which was 7 years prior to this one. That can and should make a difference as to severity.
I believe both attorneys, defense and prosecuting, commented to the LJS that they were "in line" with what is happening in the state.
IIRC 2004 and 2009. You are correct.
IIRC, the first one was in the 80's and the second one was about 15 years ago. BTW, my friend said that the prosecutor seemed surprised by the length of the sentence.
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I just had a friend of a friend spend 30 days in jail. It was either his first or second offense. I had another friend spend 30 days in jail on a first offense. I'm here in Denver.Drunk drivers should definitely come to Colorado! Even after finally joining almost all of the rest of the country and making multiple DUIs a felony, we almost never give jail time!
A guy last summer was sentenced to one year of work release plus probation for his 5th conviction. It was his 7th arrest, so apparently we give a couple of mulligans just to be nice!
This lovely woman was finally sentenced to 60 days in jail. We should feel sorry for her. It was only her 7th conviction.
The best part is, just last summer she was quoted in the press as saying Aspen's drug court, which is supposed to give you rehabilitation instead of punishment, "Had saved her life." A month later she crashed into a home with twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood.
We might as well leave loaded guns hidden around schools and have easter egg hunts.
Sorry, this issue kind of gets my ire up. Nebraskans should be glad if their legal system is a little tougher than ours out here. And glad if Williams has to pay his debt like any other of these idiots.
They should have locked the a$$wipe up for life
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You are just a bright ray of sunshine. Your perfection is noted.
Not ever close to acceptable from a humor standpoint. Go back to school junior.
