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To: Cogito who wrote (63661)	5/6/2008 8:04:55 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542129

What do drunk drivers have to do with letting minor drug offenders out of prison? That quote about the drunk driver came from the article on releasing prisoners. That's why I had the safety of children in my head and why I offered what I agree was a less than optimal example. So, we do have convicts who are a threat to the safety of children being released. Otherwise, that quote would not have been in the article. Perhaps drunk driving isn't considered a "violent" crime. Or perhaps there's some concern that your "minor drug offenders" sometimes drive under the influence. I got curious and googled: Supreme Court Says DWI Not Violent Crime November 11, 2004 The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a federal appeals-court decision and ruled that drunken driving isn't grounds for deportation, Bloomberg News reported Nov. 9. The unanimous ruling pertains to the case of Josue Leocal, who was ordered deported to his native Haiti following a 2000 drunk-driving incident in Florida that injured two people. But the justices ruled that drunk driving was not grounds for U.S. immigration officials to authorize deportation procedures because it wasn't a "crime of violence." "Drunk driving is a nationwide problem, as evidenced by the efforts of legislatures to prohibit such conduct and impose appropriate penalties," wrote Chief Justice William Rehnquist. "But this fact does not warrant our shoehorning it into statutory sections where it does not fit." Rehnquist said drunk driving didn't meet the category of "violent, active crimes" under the deportation law.