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Defendants in drunk driving cases in St. Albans will have alternative penalties for driving under the influence if convicted. On Monday night, City Council members adopted two new ordinances regarding penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol and other controlled substances.
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When a drunk driver hit Phadra Olsen in 1996, the offender served 120 days of prison time, while Olsen spent 124 days in the hospital and was ultimately sentenced to life in a wheelchair. After Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill into law to reconfigure the state's drunk driving laws at ceremonies yesterday in St. Louis and Jefferson City, offenders now face harsher penalties for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
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Beginning July 1, teens who drink alcohol and get behind the wheel of a car will face tougher penalties. Anyone under the age of 21 who is caught driving under the influence will lose his driver's license for one year and will be fined a minimum of $500 or required to perform 50 hours of community service. This new law is right in line with Virginia's zero tolerance stance against underage drinking and driving," said DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb, the governor's highway safety representative. Zero tolerance means the legal limit for teens is a .02 percent blood alcohol concentration, which is the normal alcohol content of the average person. For a teenager, consuming even a small amount of alcohol can result in a conviction.
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We consider driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs reckless and irresponsible. We support stiff, graduated penalties for offenders.
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The new Virginia law to stiffen penalties for those under 21 caught driving under the influence, as reported on June 22 by Washington Times' Amanda McClure, is a necessary step by state lawmakers, but illustrates two larger problems within the state's alcohol jurisdiction. First, the state's monopoly on hard alcohol sales isn't necessarily living up to its intention of enhancing community safety when an increasing number of "Baby DUI's" is leading lawmakers to seek harsher penalties.
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The New York State Senate passed a comprehensive package of legislation to combat driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. The legislation will increase penalties for repeat drunk drivers, increase penalties for drunk drivers who drive with children in the car, increase the minimum license revocation for the failure to submit to a chemical test and will create the new crimes of aggravated driving while intoxicated and driving while under the influence of the combined effects of drugs and alcohol. Tougher Penalties
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IN the 1980s, Mothers Against Drunk Driving led the campaign to toughen the penalties for driving under the influence. This led to a societal change in attitude toward drinking and driving - and it also helped reduce highway fatalities. A legislative committee led by Sen. Dan Foster, D-Kanawha, is now studying whether changes are warranted in West Virginia's DUI statutes.
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CHEYENNE -- Senators killed a bill Monday that would have strengthened penalties for driving under the influence. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Becket Hinckley, R-Cheyenne, was frustrated after the Senate committee charged with considering the bill failed to debate its merits.
