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Originally Posted by moon
I have no problem with upping the punishments as I think it is deserved but lets not pretend as though it will do much to stop DUI's.
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I agree with you. I don't think most people convicted of DUI are criminals who need to spend a decade in jail. But honestly, I think a first offense should result in a lengthy suspension and a second offense should make you ineligible to get a drivers license. How many people would risk a second arrest if they knew it meant they could never legally drive again in their lifetime. I think that's a more serious deterrant than jail time. However, in the case of the second drunk who hit me, who'd already been in and out of jail and arrested so many times, I'd like to see him spend some quality time in prison. By driving on a suspended license and never learning to respect the law, I think he's exactly the type of person who will never stop and therefore should be given a very, very lengthy sentence. I'm talking in the range of AT LEAST ten years. He was lucky he didn't kill three 15 year olds that day, thank God he hit me first or they'd be dead.