Drunk Driving DUI Law

A Fremont woman convicted of her fourth drunken-driving offense will be sentenced Jan. 25 in Dodge County District Court.
Thirty-3-year-old Spring Howley faces up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. She also could have her driver’s license revoked for 15 years.
Howley this month pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. She also had been [...]

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An analysis of four years of sentencing data by The Denver Post found cases of people with as many as seven drunken-driving arrests who avoided going to jail and were allowed, instead, to serve alternative sentences. Sometimes that meant hanging out at home — a reality that perplexes Adams County District Attorney Don Quick.
“You shouldn’t [...]

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Nebraska Man Sentenced for Lincoln Aggravated DUI
A district judge sentenced a 53-year-old Lincoln man Thursday to four to six years in prison for aggravated fourth-offense DUI.
According to court records, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped Hayes at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 5 because he didn’t have license plates. The trooper discovered his license had been suspended [...]

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Kiefer Sutherland had one major complaint about his 7 week stint after his DUI.
No Smoking.
He completed his term for DUI months ago and talks about the experience in the Men’s Vogue December/January issue.
“There’s no smoking,” Sutherland says. “The lights never go out, 24/7. You can’t cover anything. You can’t even put your head under a [...]

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Known as Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (CAM) Programs, the foundation is a high-tech anklet, worn 24/7, that actually tests an offender’s sweat every 30 minutes, around the clock, in order to measure for any alcohol consumption. The system, known as SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor), is currently monitoring 1,300 DUI offenders each day in the [...]

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