It doesn't, the letter states that she was on 3 different anti-depressants with a combination of a stomach relaxer. I don't know of any person who is needing to be on 3 different anti-depressants and maybe that needs to be questioned with some of our Doctor's who blog why all those would be prescribed at one time and being allowed to drive.
Mrs. Painter was arrested for DUI after this fatal wreck.

The maximum is 3 years, I hope she gets it and takes the time to reflect! Sometimes hard measures need to be taken to save that person from themselves (and Fayette County) and their families. It's called Justice and Hard LOVE!

Is there a difference in sending this woman to jail for three years due to supposed DUI, and the numerous drunks who drive home from bars on week-end nights, and other times? And from the Amphitheater.
Might it not prevent more accidents if all of those impaired people were arrested BEFORE they harm someone?
I realize that is "interfering" in business, but if so---then so be it!
Don't you see that as serious hypocrisy?

Ms. Spears was taken to hospital again last night for impairment and out of control!
If that happened here, or in Atlanta, wouldn't we get some jail time
by now instead of a few hours hospital stay to sober up?
Want to wait until she causes a death?
Or, as Denise might say, the men involved are at fault when women go nuts! Remember the lady who drowned all four of her kids, one at a time? She hardly saw prison bars. And the woman who shot her preacher husband in the back instead of leaving him? Makes no sense!

If your information is she was on drugs shouldn’t the police have charged her with felonies? I totally agree that if she was drunk when the accident happened or on drugs she should go down. But, if it was an accident I agree with "Nitpickers1."

She was on prescription drugs apparently not street drugs. She wasn't drunk at the time of this accident. After the accident she was charged with DUI and served 60 days in jail and her husband was charged with an open container. The bottom line is she needs to be stopped before she does more harm to any more people. Two died from this accident! AND she continues to get into major trouble with the law. She needs jail time to reflect and take charge of her own life and not continue to proceed down this terrible path before she does more harm.

What has she "continued to get into major trouble with the law" about?
Ok with me if you arrest all the drunks leaving bars and clubs and diners!

I don’t know about you but I have been in an accident before. I was terrified, not only by the accident but the possibility that someone could have gotten hurt. So in your theory if I had a dui on my record I should go to jail for 3 years for a separate accident. I am all for punishing someone, but for someone like me who has been on both ends of automobile accidents I can’t say jail is the answer. They should take her right to drive away forever if safety is a concern. You said in your letter she is a mother of 3, and she received 60 days in jail for the dui. How much more will make her reflect? You said she has been in “major trouble with the law” what has she done since getting out of jail for the dui? Does she have any felonies on her record? Has she caused a lot of accidents? These are questions I would want to know before I would agree that more jail will do the trick?

ok yes i agree with you guys...but i am also concerned that she kept violating her house arrest and kept coming into my place of buisness makeing me help her as i work at customer service...she has no remorse for her actions for how it affects the families...

That is awful. This person is the lowest of low. Even though it is Mardi Gras and primary day, I may have to make time for this.

If we show up at the courthouse do we get time to complain about the weak sentence?

There is power in our words, whether written or spoken, and we share our thoughts with each other everyday on this blog - it's a terrific outlet for everyone. Time to use that power and help some folks.

These families have lost two loved ones, because of a drunk driver in our community, and most of us know the story - it's tragic. The families are really asking for our help, to stand up, voice our opinions to the Judge, to the Courts, to anyone who will listen.

If you have some time to write a letter, an email, send a fax, make a phone call, or show up at the courthouse on that particular day, please do so. It could have been our loved one who was killed by that drunk driver.

(okay, now back to butting heads )

In addition to the folks mentioned above, the lady who owns the laundromat in Peachtree City suffered the loss of her 17 year son last week in an auto accident.

Stopping in with a word of encouragement would mean a lot to Barry and Kathy.

This is the way to blog!

I regret the accident, drinking or not.

But, why does it help the survivors to add to the punishment accorded by the courts?

You can't make alcohol available on every corner and have millions of bars, and then say---we didn't know people had to drive to get it!

Every driver has a responsibility to themselves and others when they get behind the wheel of a car. Whether they drink, take drugs, smoke weed or have had seizures they are ultimitely responsible. This woman mis-judged perhaps because of these 3 anti-depressants she was taking. I don't know as fact but wonder, and I might add, this was an area that is known to be a sticky wicked. Two men died. She has had continued problems with not abiding by the law. She has had no remorse and only 24 years old. Sad but she needs to be stopped! NOW!

You would have to ask the survivor's that difficult question, however, I don't believe it is right, or safe, for the woman to be back on the streets, driving in our community, endangering other innocent lives. If that was one of my family members who was killed by that drunken woman, I would be asking for justice also.

(BTW - I do enjoy reading some of your posts. They're engaging and often times hilarious, even if they do irritate folks.)

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