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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former prosecutor here and again, this is not a red state blue state issue as there are plenty of red states that allow lenient sentencing on DUI and many folks who are habitual drunk drivers are still out in the world and plenty of them don’t balk at driving without a license.

It’s the vehicular homicide that finally gets them into prison, not the multiple DUIs over decades.

America continues to have a bipartisan fraught relationship with alcohol and DUI. If we doled out heavy prison sentences to repeat DUI offenders, we’d never stop building prisons. We save the harsh sentences for when they kill someone else and that happens red states and blue states alike, I’ve practiced in both I’ve seen the sentencing regimes up close.[/quote]

Try driving drunk in certain counties in Georgia. Your butt will be in jail for an extended time. [/quote]

That’s simply not true. Unless you can point me to specific cases in the public record that I can look at myself and not just your certain assertion, I can see what the statutory penalties for DUI are in Georgia and I know without doubt that most first offenders get zero jail time after they bail and most second offenders as well. You’ll go to prison when you kill someone, of course. That’s how the DUI statues are nationwide poster, no matter your certainty otherwise.

First DUI Offense Penalties (Within 5 Years)
Jail: Minimum 24 hours (can be up to 1 year).
Fines: $300 - $1,000.
License Suspension: 120 days (can get a work permit).
Probation: Up to 12 months.
Community Service: 40 hours.
DUI School/Evaluation: Required.
 
Second DUI Offense Penalties (Within 5 Years)
Jail: Minimum 48 hours (up to 1 year).
Fines: $600 - $1,000.
License Suspension: 3 years (with reinstatement fee).
Community Service: Minimum 30 days. [/quote]

To clarify, I just posted the GA penalties for DUI. I know from experience that absent poverty resulting in inability to bail before the case resolves, most folks get the 24 or 48 hours in jail and no other jail time.

We still look at DUI as a white collar crime because we have lots of white collar professionals doing it every weekend.[/quote]

Mostly because people think these habitual offenders are just having two beers like most white collar professionals. [/quote]

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