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Originally Posted by ken0042
Saw something a little disturbing on Global last night. They were saying that the penalty for refusing to provide a breath sample doesn't tie into the vehicular homicide; so if he was indeed drunk he was better off to not provide a breath sample. Something like max of 14 years in jail with failing to provide and killing somebody; as opposed to 25 years if he blew over.
Hopefully that law gets changed; because otherwise why would anybody give a breath sample unless they were sober?
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I saw that story as well. To me that's just another example of how the laws in this country are set up to protect the criminals and forget about the victims.