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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3251835" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>I have mixed feelings too. There is no excuse to drive drunk. To do so is blatant disregard for others. So she got out after serving just over 4 of 15 years...that doesn't seem right. But then, I also really don't see how a period of time, any period of time really, behind bars gives any relief for the victim's family. I mean; what do you do; how do you feel if a loved one is killed by a drunk driver? Do you feel <em>better </em>because <em>they </em>are now behind bars? I don't know what I would feel or if it would make me feel better if I was in this situation and guilty person was locked up for a long time. I can't imagine having a Trooper come to my door to tell me my wife was killed by a drink driver, and then, when it's all over, to find out that they got a fine, had their license taken away for a year, and have to attend the DUI school or something in order to get it back. I'd be outraged. But I also don't know if a long prison sentence would make it better. Maybe the whole thing about locking someone up for a period of time is supposed to be a deterrent, more so than a punishment?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3251835, member: 10465"] I have mixed feelings too. There is no excuse to drive drunk. To do so is blatant disregard for others. So she got out after serving just over 4 of 15 years...that doesn't seem right. But then, I also really don't see how a period of time, any period of time really, behind bars gives any relief for the victim's family. I mean; what do you do; how do you feel if a loved one is killed by a drunk driver? Do you feel [I]better [/I]because [I]they [/I]are now behind bars? I don't know what I would feel or if it would make me feel better if I was in this situation and guilty person was locked up for a long time. I can't imagine having a Trooper come to my door to tell me my wife was killed by a drink driver, and then, when it's all over, to find out that they got a fine, had their license taken away for a year, and have to attend the DUI school or something in order to get it back. I'd be outraged. But I also don't know if a long prison sentence would make it better. Maybe the whole thing about locking someone up for a period of time is supposed to be a deterrent, more so than a punishment? [/QUOTE]
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