[FF578]

A first Conviction of DUI/DWI should be a High Level Felony. Punishment is the only thing that can give criminals a second thought about doing something, this liberal, "Let's give them a chance, Let's Reform them" is garbage.

You do the crime, you do the time. PERIOD.

If this nation cracked down on criminals, and I mean CRACKED DOWN on Criminals. Things like making more crimes Capital Offenses.

Think about this for a second, for many years in our nation's history, Rape, Robbery and other Violent crimes were Capital Offenses. And when you had your fair trial and were convicted by a jury, you were taken out and hung within a few days to a few months at the most. None of this sit on Death Row for 40 years making appeals.

If it worked in our History, how did it all of the sudden become cruel and unusual punishment in the 1960's? I will tell you why, the hippie liberals of the 60's are the ones in power today, they are PRO-CRIMINAL. And wacko's like the libertarians are just as PRO-CRIMINAL.

The only way to solve crime is to unmercifully punish those who break the law.

[Ramius]

Most vehicle accidents are caused by sober people. Should we outlaw sobriety too?

It's a classic of unanticipated consequences. You make the penalty for DUI more severe than other infractions, say, leaving the scene of an accident. Sure, we don't want people leaving the scene, but we create the incentive to do so when there is any amount of alcohol involved. Someone driving drunk that causes an accident is actually going to be better off if they leave, sober up, and then turn themselves in.

But this is what happens when we get accustomed to writing laws based on emotion instead of sound reason.