Northampton Journal
Partying Until Drunk and Disorderly in BritainBy STEVEN ERLANGER and STEPHEN CASTLE
British officials are considering solutions as large numbers of
British youths go out on the weekends to get thoroughly, blindingly and
often violently drunk.
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New York Is Set for Strict Stand on D.W.I. Cases
By JEREMY W. PETERS
An agreement passed by the State Assembly would make driving drunk with a child in the vehicle a felony.
The Wall Street Journal banners and the New York Times leads with news that Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to 11 felony charges and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Prosecutors say Madoff began operating what may be the largest fraud in Wall Street's history as early as the 1980s. Ten days before he was arrested, Madoff sent statements to clients claiming to have a total of $64.8 billion, far more than the $50 billion the disgraced financier originally confessed to losing.
Detroit Mayor Is Charged in Scandal
Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick was charged with perjury and other felonies that could end his political career.
Drunk driving is the act of operating and/or driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. It is illegal in all jurisdictions within the U.S. The specific criminal offense is usually called driving under the influence [of alcohol and/or other drugs] (DUI), and in some states driving while intoxicated (DWI), operating while impaired (OWI), or operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI). Such laws may also apply to boating or piloting aircraft. Vehicles can include farm machinery and horse-drawn carriages.
alcohol ignition locks for drunk drivers,
Crime | 20.04.2011
Germany considers alcohol ignition locks for drunk drivers
Chancellor
Angela Merkel's coalition members have jointly proposed that the
transport ministry test the use of so-called "alcohol locks," according
to a report published on Wednesday in the daily Saarbrücker Zeitung.
According to the proposal, drunk-driving offenders would be allowed to keep their drivers licences if they agreed to have a lock system installed in their cars designed to prevent the engine from being started if traces of alcohol are detected on the driver's breath.
"We are open-minded about the voluntary use of alcohol locks," a spokeswoman for Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said on Wednesday, adding that they could be "helpful to rehabilitate" offenders.
The spokeswoman went on to say, however, that the ministry was against compulsory installation of the devices, citing both moral and financial objections and adding that any wide-scale moves would have to be first cleared by the European Union.
Such legislation is already in place in the United States and Canada and has been considered by a number of European countries, including the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
Starting next year, drunk drivers in Sweden will be able to choose between having their license revoked and installing the alcohol ignition lock.
Stockholm began testing the scheme in 2008, with officials concluding that it contributed positively to the rehabilitation of repeat offenders and posed no greater danger to traffic safety.
Author: Gabriel Borrud (AP, dpa)
Editor: Nancy Isenson
According to the proposal, drunk-driving offenders would be allowed to keep their drivers licences if they agreed to have a lock system installed in their cars designed to prevent the engine from being started if traces of alcohol are detected on the driver's breath.
"We are open-minded about the voluntary use of alcohol locks," a spokeswoman for Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said on Wednesday, adding that they could be "helpful to rehabilitate" offenders.
The spokeswoman went on to say, however, that the ministry was against compulsory installation of the devices, citing both moral and financial objections and adding that any wide-scale moves would have to be first cleared by the European Union.
Such legislation is already in place in the United States and Canada and has been considered by a number of European countries, including the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
Starting next year, drunk drivers in Sweden will be able to choose between having their license revoked and installing the alcohol ignition lock.
Stockholm began testing the scheme in 2008, with officials concluding that it contributed positively to the rehabilitation of repeat offenders and posed no greater danger to traffic safety.
Author: Gabriel Borrud (AP, dpa)
Editor: Nancy Isenson
felony
━━ n. 【法】重罪.fe・lo・ni・ous
a. 【法】重罪の; 凶悪な.felony
noun [C or U] UK OLD-FASHIONED OR US LEGAL
(an example of) serious crime which can be punished by one or more years in prison:
a felony charge
He was convicted of felony.
felon
noun [C] LEGAL
a person who is guilty of a serious crime
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