Yeah, kinda might. It doesn't until he kills someone.
So this is why Spence hasn't been on the radio...
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Miggs
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Sure it does. People have all sorts of problems. Pedophiles have a problem too. How they act on those urges is what, fairly or not, defines them in many ways.
Checketts has been arrested four times previously for DUI. This is his fifth. He put lives in danger not only by getting behind the wheel but then by compounding that and driving 120 miles per hour. That’s a decision he made, drunk or not. So yeah, it makes him a scumbag.
gregbroncs
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Forcing someone to be sober from alcohol does nothing to help them get better. They have to decide to stop drinking and work on it the rest of their lives. Prison doesn't work for alcoholics. That said he should be in prison because of his stupidity in drinking and driving.
gregbroncs
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Doing this makes him a piece of ****. Endangering someone else's lives because your an idiot makes you a POS, scumbag almost whatever else you want to call him. He did this to himself, nobody forced him to become and alcoholic. Nobody forced him to drink. Definitely nobody forced him to drink and drive. If this is his 5th offense then he needs to be locked up. And I have no problem calling him a POS.
It makes him an idiot for getting in a car while he is drunk. He is lucky he hasn't killed anyone yet. Dude needs help for his drinking issues but he needs some jail time for his history of DUIs.
Jack Strop
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I could care less if he's an alcoholic or not. If he chooses to drink, fine. But once he grabs his keys and gets on the road, he's committing a horrible crime. He IS a POS for driving while intoxicated. And he's a POS for driving 120 mph. He put a lot of innocent people at risk. The fact that he's not killed anyone in his fourth (or fifth) attempt at doing so just makes him extremely lucky.
Has he not heard of taxi's or UBER? I just can't believe he doesn't have an ignition lock. What the hell is wrong with the Utah legal system? Perhaps the fact he is Utah "royalty" means they've been more lenient than normal. Daddy and Mommy have likely been enablers. He won't get jail time; he'll enroll in some kind of treatment facility and have his license restored upon completion. Daddy will use his influence to see to that.
Jack Strop
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Have you known anyone who has been killed by a drunk driver?
Every state has a time period for DUI's in regards to jail time.
Looking into it, he has two prior DUIs, both in 2004. In 2008 he was arrested for attempting to drive while intoxicated (the thing Wes talked about being pled down). His other arrest was for failing to appear in court due to one of those offenses. So he only has two DUI's, both in 2004, if I have the information correct. He is probably past the time in which the priors would influence his punishment for this offense.
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You know the thing with alcohol is that it impairs your decision making. Not saying people shouldn't be held accountable for their actions, they should, but I dont think it makes the person scum. It just means they are incredibly weak with how they are able to handle alcohol. The dude went 14 years but it seems like it was still in him. Hopefully he takes the steps necessary to make sure it doesnt happen again.
If you are going to judge a guy you should at least attempt to get the facts straight.