When Arkansas jails become overcrowded, lesser offenders are typically released before the end of their jail sentence to make room for those who have committed more serious crimes. A state legislator wants to enact a law that would prohibit the early release of those convicted of felony driving while intoxicated in Arkansas.
Representative Dan Greenberg, from Little Rock, said his legislation stems from a woman found guilty of her tenth DWI in Arkansas and sentenced to a minimum 20 months in jail, yet she was released before serving twelve months. Greenberg said that someone with ten DWI arrests
May 26, 2012
