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Falling Down on Drunk Driving
This 10 part series revealed that while most states showed a significant improvement in drunk driving fatalities between 1982 and 2002, Missouri placed 30th. In Missouri, drunk drivers-even those who injure and kill- are usually punished with just probation and fines. Also, many offenders enter a plea in return of a 'Suspended Imposition of Sentence', which never becomes part of the public record.
Tags: alcohol; drunk driving; driving while intoxicated; DWI; Missouri; Suspended Imposition of Sentence; car accidents