Sunday, February 05, 2006

drunk driver given one more chance

another chance to kill someone. he doesn't deserve any more chances like that. he needs to do some serious jail time. AND we need to adopt technology to PREVENT people from driving without a license.

Notorious Bad Driver Gets Year in Prison
Friday, February 3, 2006
(02-03) 19:23 PST Mandan, N.D. (AP) --

A man convicted more than 40 times of drunken driving or driving without a valid license has been sentenced to a year in jail, a day after his arrest on yet another driving charge.

Craig Irwin, 45, of Mandan, was sentenced Friday for a driving under revocation offense last year. He was arrested Thursday on charges of driving under revocation and having no liability insurance.
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Irwin is not scheduled to get his driver's license back for at least 35 years. State records show that he has had more than 100 citations for driving infractions in the last 22 years, and has not been allowed to drive legally for 20 years.

Irwin told Jorgensen on Friday that he has a drinking problem.

Jorgensen's sentence allows Irwin to knock one day off his jail time for every day he spends in treatment.

"I'm going to grant you a chance," the judge said.
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