On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:27:42 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:27:21 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:58:43 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

Why do you s'pose they didn't just make it a felony to drive with any
passenger in the car?

Many bad ideas are sold as ' for the children '

Casady

I agree with Tim. The children not in the car deserve protection also.
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John H

Guy blows 0.08 and a kid in the car. He goes to jail for more than a year,
felony, and the kid ends up in foster care, or the mom and kid end up
sleeping in a shelter. Just like a lot of other mandatory sentencing laws.
unintended consequenses rule.



Yes, but the same can be true for the person sticking up the local
7-11. I don't necessarily agree with the mandatory sentencing laws,
but I didn't see that in the original post. Does the conviction on a
felony carry a mandatory jail term?
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John H