Our legal system has been ruined by yahoos stirring up panic and passing mandatory sentencing laws such as this.
Sentences should be passed down by judges / juries, not politicians. When these hack prosecutors and the zealots at MADD complain, that's a good thing.
I think after the fourth time most would agree a little prison time is appropriate.
it not series till a judge's kid is killed by a drunk. then it's series.
it not series till the sex offender live in the judge's neighborhood. then it's real series.