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Frustrated Over
Leniency
To the editor:
As I write this, my sister-in-law lies in a hospital bed, the victim of a hit-and-run driver, while bicycling in Nevada this June.
Your article about Judge Shore Robertson overturning the DWI conviction in this week’s paper astounded me. I can now understand the frustration that so many law-enforcement people feel when cases are dropped due to technicalities. This is not the first time that Judge Shore Robertson has demonstrated an incredibly lenient attitude toward drunk drivers, but this latest article prompted me to respond.
An intoxicated driver is a person whose reflexes are not working well, operating a potentially maiming machine. It doesn’t matter whether the driver is driving erratically or “just speeding” - as was the case in this instance. It ip an absurdity to expect Rappahannock’s police force to personally escort intoxicated drivers to Fauquier, Culpeper or Warren County hospitals for blood tests at all hours of the night.
I hope that Judge Robertson, Mr. Keller and Mr. Jonathan C. Thacher never have to see their sisters or wives or children suffer the way that Judy has. But I want all three of these men to know that it is precedents like this that lead to our society’s casual attitude about drinking and driving; precedents like this that caused my sister-inlaw to have 100 blood transfusions, a spinal injury, shattered pelvis and left side, a colostomy, skin grafting and seven operations in the last two months.
Washington
DIANE WOOD
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