You would think that with all the laws regarding drunk driving and convictions, judge's would use the state sentencing guidelines when it comes to prison time for all offenders. That's not happening in many places across the country. In Minneapolis, for example, a news paper investigation revealed that drunk drivers received less jail time than what the law dictates. This also incuded drunk drivers who fled the scene of a fatal accident or had a history of repeated drunk driving arrests.
According to the Pioneer Press: "If you're on the roadway, and you're drunk, and you kill someone, your chances of going to prison for any length of time are pretty remote," said Chief Deputy David Bellows of the Dakota County sheriff's office, who lost his mother to a drunken driver in 1981. "To me, it's incredible how society de-emphasizes death on the roadway."
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