Fifty years? You want the BURDEN of housing, medical, food, clothing, transportation, legal, ALL OF HIS EXPENSES for the next 50 years to be picked up by the taxpayer? If all they can get him on is DWI/DUI then give him 15 years PLUS probation. Lets not waste money on giving him a hotel to live in for 50 on the taxpayers dime.

I am thankful that my daughter survived the crash. I hate that this might go back to Court,but if it does my family will be their. I hate to see him again,I am dreading re-living the emotions of my mom's death. My mom did NOT deserve to die like this!

I don't mid the courts hearing the case..Just don't let him out of prison to drive again.

"six DWI convictions on his record."

I can't even stick up for the guy. He already had 5 warnings. After the first he should known. I would have preferred to have him do AA meetings, treatments(all paid by him and not the state), drug testing(paide by him), short jail time and community service after the first one. Your on your own if you get a 2nd DUI.

Several things come to mind.

ONE: some of you need to acquaint yourselves with the court system. We all have a right to appeal any convictions against us. Read the NC Constitution, and U.S. Constitution. This could go to a U.S. District Court next.

TWO: Maready is 44 or 45 now, 50 years IS life in prison. This is a combined sentence. It's for killing someone and stealing a car and alluding and running from the police.

Three: happymom, all our courts are absolutely packed with liberal judges, who base their opinions on "feelings" and NOT on OUR written law. They are ruling based on European and Japanese legal precedents. You may be unapologetic, but you also seem to be uninformed. Read the news everyday and it's there, by there own admittance. You said, . "They also look at the validity of the law "on its face" to determine whether or not it violates state and federal Constitutional protections." . Oh, really? Where does the 2nd Amendment mention gun locks or dis-assembly?