Shit, my buddy is going through it all right now. The first one cost more than that and he had 30 days in jail and 60 home arrest, intensive outpatient alcohol treatment that lasted 3 months, a fine, has a "blow and go" (a breathalyzer built into his car) for 2 years and that's not all. Not long after that he got a second (he was FUCKED UP during this time, serious family problems, etc.). That one wound up with the same jail sentence, probation for five years, 2 of it supervised, a $5000 fine, loss of DL for 2 years, blow and go for another 3 after that, another 60 days house arrest.
He got 'em both back to back and then waited over a year to go to court on the first one, now has his shit together and is doing well, NOW they just hit him with the second one yesterday, which derailed all his progress, prevents him from getting a job now, has to wait to go to jail (can't even get that out of the way yet) and it's just a fucking mess. He is/was doing AA daily and really taking his recovery seriously. It's been a year. They are NOT helping, I can tell you that much 1st hand (or 2nd if you will). IMO, based on how long they waited and how well he's doing, they should have just thrown it out --unless recovery and doing better isn't the objective.
He had a job before the judge made him do all this shit...
I don't know what the penalty should be but it's apparent this is too fucking much and it's also apparent that what is good for goose is good for gander.
But this is America today, dual standards and heavy handed laws, more and more laws, stacking of laws, illegal this, banned that...
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