Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI) is a crime that leads to thousands of deaths every year. Groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have made great strides in reducing the number of alcohol related deaths by lobbying for tougher punishments. Unfortunately, their valiant efforts to curtail drunk driving may have had…
Whether you call it “hit and run” or “leaving the scene of an accident” the result is the same; someone is seriously injured, brain damaged, paralyzed, or killed in an accident, and the responsible party takes off without even stopping to see if the victim needs help. For some reason this offence is growing in…
Becky Anderson of San Diego, California was under the influence of several prescription drugs when she struck and killed a mother of two who was walking to work. Right after the accident, Anderson admitted to a sheriff’s deputy that she had taken Valium the night before the accident and Methadone at a clinic earlier the…
