Unbelievable! I guarantee this isn't the first time this drunk/addict has drove under the influence. I bet with good behavior she will be out in 2 years. The judge should have ordered the victim's picture be plastered all over her jailroom wall.

It is absurd that the most she will spend in jail is 3 years for taking a life. I agree that driving drunk is like firing a gun into a crowd, and the punishment should be harder. People know when they have had too much to drink and shouldn't drive, but they CHOOSE to do it anyway. If you drive drunk, it should be treated like assault. If you caused a wreck, it should be treated as attempted murder. And if you kill someone, it should be treated like 2nd degree murder at the very least.

slap on the wrist for her. Just like Raymond Cook who killed the ballerina while driving drunk. Its sickening especially since you dont have to drive when you drink. Selfish acts.

I guess your sentence depends who you are who you kill.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/stone-mountain-woman-pleads-guilty-in-crash-that-k/nTsxh/

"The only way we'll ever see a reduction in people killed by drunk drivers is if we get tougher!

If you drink and drive and cause an accident in which someone was hurt, it should be considered assault with a deadly weapon and treated no differently than if you fired a gun into a crowd.

If you drink and drive and kill someone, it should be a 2nd degree murder charge... I'd like to say 1st degree, but that'd be harder to stick." Pepe Silvia

Well said. Should be treated the same as gun violence.

"...was sentenced to 25 to 42 months in prison, with seven months' credit for time served, on charges of felony death by motor vehicle and felony serious injury by motor vehicle."

Ridiculously weak sentence. If she was using a gun instead of a car, she'd be in jail for a decade or more.

Alcohol has severely altered and destroyed millions of lives in the last decade alone. I enjoy the occasional drink but I would stand with anyone to convince our lawmakers to ban alcohol completely! We can't even count how many diseases have spread, unintended pregnancies or drunken beatings have occurred because of alcohol. I have watched it absolutely ruin people and their families lives. When will everyone march on washington and demand our leaders to do something about that??? seankelly, your ignorance is clearly obvious with your remark. Do some research and stop listening to npr.

Just goes to show how little value we place on innocent human life in this country. Drive drunk, kill someone, and spend a year or two in jail and go free. Wow! And they call this 'justice'?

USAF20YR Ret - "In 2011, 9,878 people died in drunk driving crashes - one every 53 minutes. In 2011 - the latest year for which detailed statistics are available - there were 12,664 murders in the US. Of those, 8,583 were caused by firearms."

Not sure where you got those numbers, but in 2007, there were 31,000 deaths by guns. Of those approximately 17,000 were suicides leaving over 12,000 murders. So the number of drunk driving related deaths (your numbers come from MADD - an advocacy group - not an independent reporting agency) are 3000 less than murders using firearms. If one considers ALL deaths by firearms, the number is three times the number of drunk drivers. Good attempt at misrepresentation though.

workingforthosethatwont - "more people died from automobile crashes than guns, when will the politicians ban cars?"

Your comment is untrue as much as it reflects a certain level of ignorance.

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