| Number | 19993 |
| Subject | Alcohol |
| Source | Baltimore Sun |
| State | Maryland |
| Year | 2000 |
| Publication Date | Feb. 20 |
| Summary | The Baltimore Sun reports on the trial of Melissa Marvin, a 30-year who killed four while driving drunk in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Marvin was charged with murder, in addition to driving while intoxicated. Marvin was convicted of four counts of second-degree murder and one count of "assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury" and sentenced to 60 years in prison without parole. Sjoerdsma, a attorney/mediator and freelance journalist writes that "by grafting murder law onto DWI cases, North Carolina may be running roughshod over traditional notions of justice." |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 3 |
| Keywords | DWI;murder;North Carolina;alcohol;Melissa Marvin;justice;legal system;courts;crime |
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