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YOUR STATE...YOUR GOVERNMENT...YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
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| In response to a local boy's death due to a drunk driver, Alison has introduced a bill to
toughen penalties for drunk driving violations. Under current statute, the drunk driver
served only 30 days in jail, the maximum term of imprisonment for a first offense.
McHose's bill will raise the penalty for a vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated to a
criminal act punishable by a prison term of 3-5 years plus a $15,000 fine.
"The emotional pain of losing a loved one is incredible enough, but for the victim's
parents to live with the fact that the loss of their son only resulted in a 30-day prison term
for the drunk driver only adds to the family's anguish," McHose said. "My bill puts some
added teeth into" the law and makes the penalty more commensurate with the crime."
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