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Senate Adds 24-7 Sobriety Programs as an Impaired Driving Countermeasure
Senate Bill 1813 titled “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21)”, a two-year, $109 billion plan, was passed March 14 by the U.S. Senate. The bill reauthorizes the Federal-aid highway...
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Colorado Bill Shifts Money From Prison to Drug Treatment, Why Do Officials...
While Colorado Senate Bill 12-163 has gone largely unnoticed by mainstream media, it’s raising a good amount of debate in the state. The bill reduces the penalty for possession of 4 grams or less of...
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Does Public Shaming Work to Curb Drunk Driving?
Recently, a Houston offender convicted of DUI after killing a young man must wear a sign created by the victim’s mother, at the original crash site, over four consecutive Saturdays as part of his...
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Handing Them the Keys: Should Parents of Adult Offenders Be Legally Liable?
In May, a California judge approved a $1.2 million settlement agreement for a drunk driving crash that injured two sisters standing on a street corner. And last March, the North Carolina mother of...
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Making a Difference: Small Town Maine Walks to End Domestic Violence
We Walk Like MADD, we Race for a Cure, and we also walk for electronic monitoring. At least that’s what residents of Dexter, Maine, did June 17th when they held the second annual Amy, Coty, Monica,...
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California law reduces oversight of parolees, will it cost more in the long run?
According to the Los Angeles Times, a little known California law has caused an astounding increase in the number of paroles who were taken off supervision in April. About 8,500 parolees were taken off...
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In Kansas, Refuse a DUI Test and You Could End Up in Jail
Despite the fact that all 50 states have implied consent laws, which dole out punishment for refusal to take a sobriety test, refusals are still common practice in many states, and it’s letting repeat...
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Dealing With Drunk Drivers: Balancing Cost and Safety
The National Association of Counties County News published an article this week that looks at the issue of balancing cost and safety when it comes to managing drunk drivers. This was a prominent topic...
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Attorney General Holder Recommends New Sentencing Approach for Drug Offenses
In a speech to the American Bar Association on August 12, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder contrasted what he termed as inadequate “20th century” approaches to criminal justice with the Justice...
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Will Colorado’s Felony DUI Bill Reduce Drunk Driving?
In January, Colorado lawmakers will consider a new DUI bill (HB 1036) making repeat DUI offenses a felony. Currently, Colorado is one of just five states plus the District of Columbia without a felony...
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