Anti-drunk driving group releases report showing low DUI conviction rates in SC Emily Correll
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MADD SC Executive Director Steven Burritt said in a video conference, “MADD for many years has certainly heard the frustrations of those on the front line of trying to enforce and prosecute DUI cases about all the systematic issues we have and what they struggle- but there was very little data behind it.”
Because of this, MADD decided to begin compiling data from areas of the state about conviction rates on DUI’s. South Carolina mothers against drunk driving COURT MONITORING REPORT R E F U S A L T O C H A N G E 2020 DEDICATION: CHALLISSAH MILLS Challissah Mills was just 26 years old and at the beginning of her life when she was tragically killed by a drunk driver.
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Dec 15, 2020 6:19 PM EST
COLOMBIA (WOLO): The holiday season is in full swing, with Christmas already almost a week away, and the New Year in just a couple weeks. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety putting out all the stops now to ensure drivers stay safe on the roadways.
Don’t drink and drive. You’ve heard it from law enforcement many times before, but still…too many South Carolinians die each year due to drunk drivers.
Master Trooper David Jones, PIO South Carolina Highway Patrol: “Historically what we see around the holidays is a lot of families gather, a lot of friends gather…as we lead into the holidays, sometimes this can be the deadliest parts of the year for us.”