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• Sunday, June 10, 2007 04:39 PM

  For Harry Seldon

  There are laws, and there are rules and regulations for a well ordered society. Laws are of the "Thou shalt not" variety, while rules and regulations. She broke no serious laws. Yes, she blew a .08; however most alcohol related traffic accidents and fatalities are caused by drivers with much high blood alcohol levels. Yes, she drove on a suspended license, but she wasn't drinking.

  One of our family friends was killed by a drunk driver who blew .08. Ran over her and her family while they were fixing a flat tire well off the side of the road. In broad daylight. Do not ever say that drunk driving is not a serious offense- that trivializes the people killed by drunk drivers. You are just as dead if the murderer blows .08 or a higher perceptage. As far as I'm concerned, she should have been put under the jail the first time.

  As for the LA Jail, it never fails to amaze me that the same people in OC, Brentwood, Malibu et al who scream for hardline determinite sentences for drugs refuse to approve the taxes to support the jails and prisons needed to enforce the policy. Are they hypocrites, or do they think releasing people who murder (as this sheriff has done- evidently 7 times in the last two years according to Friday's Chicago Tribune) is better than raising taxes? Are they just that stupid?

  If they built adequate jail facilities, the sheriff would not have this power, and the issue would be moot. Cheap dumbasses.

  —domini Read domini's other letters
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