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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember Kevin Coffay? Who drove drunk and killed three of his friends and ran off and left them? (in Olney)
He had his sentenced reduced.
Apparently he is already eligible for parole.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/judges-cut-kevin-coffays-sentence-in-md-drunk-driving-case-to-8-years/2012/04/20/gIQA76bNWT_blog.html
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From a criminal law perspective, this is considered reasonable.[/quote]
That "criminal law perspective" can go to hell.
You want to see more kids drinking and driving
...and in the GRAVEYARD?[/quote]

Would a longer sentence for him deter other kids from doing what he did? I doubt it.[/quote]

Unpleasant consequences certainly deter 
LOTS of would be criminals.

What are you afraid of?
The kids shouldn't be inconvenienced for their crimes?
After all, they had bright futures, huh?
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Actually at that age - the "unpleasant consequences" seem so remote to their weirdly functioning brains that it's not actually much of a deterrence.  What should be done is to facilitate education and alternative solutions to drinking and driving/partying and if the child still drives drunk, to rehabilitate and educate.

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17135
https://www.aacap.org/aacap/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/The_Teen_Brain_Behavior_Problem_Solving_and_Decision_Making_95.aspx
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