http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/469407Before I get accused of pulling a Craz3d, I'll explain.
Some guy is speeding down the street with his 6 and 2 year old's in the car. Office pulls him over, and he blows a .2, whereas Wisconsin's limit is .08. That's a misdemeanor, "driving with a prohibited blood alcohol content", plus a felony, "intoxicated driving with a minor in the car".
He shows up in court and pleads not contest ("yeah, I broke the law") to the misdemeanor, and the felony was dropped. It's his 4th OWI and he's driving drunk with kids, and his felony gets dropped. Yeah, it's not like he's a bad person or anything. The only bad people are the ones who sell little bags of marijuanna -- they're the real felons. We'll let the drunk drivers vote and have guns, but not drug dealers.
As if sitting in prison for a few years and then coming out a non-felon (and ready for his 5th OWI, this guy obviously didn't learn from the first 3) weren't bad enough, he gets 30 days in jail WITH work release, and then electronic monitoring. I'm not sure if that's house arrest or just monitoring, but either way, this guy should be behind bars.
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must undergo alcohol and drug abuse evaluation and treatment under the direction of his probation agent, according to the records.
That's worked good for everyone so far. Pay $90 and sit through four weekly 3 hour classes. That'll cure you of alcoholism for sure, and stupidity to boot.
His penalty also includes three years revocation of his license and installation of a device in any car he owns to prevent the ignition from working if he is drinking.
This guy obviously doesn't have any regard for laws, so a license revocation will do nothing. The judge knows it too. If he didn't think so, he wouldn't need the device in his car, not that his kids won't blow it for him anyhow.
