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General and cited sources. Drunk driving in the United States. Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [ 1 ] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC ...
1937 poster warning U.S. drivers against drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. [1]
This is a list of lists of American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office. The lists are broken by decades. List of 1850s American state and local politicians convicted of crimes. List of 1870s American state and local politicians convicted of crimes.
An Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after she repeatedly stabbed a Chinese American teen on a city bus while yelling slurs, court records show. Billie Davis, 58, admitted ...
The practice of imposing longer prison sentences on repeat offenders (versus first-time offenders who commit the same crime) is present throughout most of American history, as judges often take into consideration prior offenses when sentencing. However, there is a more recent history of mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders. [8]
January 12, 2010. (2010-01-12) –. July 15, 2016. (2016-07-15) I (Almost) Got Away with It is an American television documentary series on Investigation Discovery. It debuted in 2010, [1][2] ending after eight seasons, in 2016. The series profiles true stories of people who have committed crimes, and have avoided arrest or capture, but ...
In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [12][13] Comparing English-speaking developed countries; [9] the overall incarceration rate in the US was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, [12] the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 in 2020, [14] England and ...
1650. Opened. 1923. Managed by. Indiana Department of Corrections. The Pendleton Correctional Facility, formerly known as the Indiana Reformatory, is a state prison located in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, [1] near Pendleton and about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Established in 1923, it was built to replace the Indiana ...