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They should ban alcohol
My cousin was killed by a drunk driver on his 5th DUI in South Dakota, I don't get why people do this over and over.  I am also a bit upset that I read this whole article (filled with ads) and I didn't learn anything about his most recent victim, that person deserves to be remembered, not this waste of life. >

Some folks just don't care. This is why it's important to have harsh consequences for serious crimes. >

Yeah he said and did all that. Lol. Ok buddy. Derp >

The more you read, the worse it gets.
Its almost comical how many chances people get to ruin or end other people's lives.

a parole board member noted Bates did not attend any substance misuse treatment while in custody

They let him out as soon as possible even though he made 0 effort to improve himself. >

It wouldn’t matter, even if they took the licence off him, he would still have found a way to drive. I know people in their 40’s and 50’s who have never had a license and have been driving for over 20 years. The get fined, go to court, pay the fine and keep driving. >

Yea people with this little regard for others don’t change. I got rear ended by a 50 year old woman who as she tried to run shouted “I’m sorry I’m uninsured”. When she failed at running I learned she had a suspended license for not paying tickets from another suspended license. When my lawsuit was filed against her (which I see nothing from, it’s only so my insurance company can get their judgment) I learned she had a $350k judgment placed 6 months before she hit me when she injured someone else & never showed up to court. I don’t know how bad their injuries were but she permanently disabled me. I guarantee she’s out there driving right now, while I can’t bc of the seizures I now have from the head trauma she caused. I have to laugh at the absurdity. >

Go ahead and charge him with murder! Worthless piece of trash >

There was a ruling by the state's Supreme Court prohibiting murder prosecutions in fatal DUI cases. However, there is a statute that makes DUI fatalities carry the same minimum and maximum sentence as second-degree murder if it is the offender's fourth or subsequent lifetime DUI conviction. >

Fourth or subsequent!?! >

This happens all the time, that because our system takes forever, and any good defense attorney knows delay is to their clients' benefit. People often have 3 pending DUI's if you talk with defense attorneys. At least, in some states, it works that way. Also, with all sorts of other criminals as well. >

How was the DUI following his release not enough of a reason to keep him locked up pending trial?
Things that happen under the influence have to be treated as pre-meditated. >

It sucks, but even if his license was revoked, dude was still going to drive. >

How is "45 day DMV backlog" in processing forms a valid excuse/acceptable?  Nevada doesn't get enough tax revenue from casinos alone to hire people to input data?  Seriously? ? >

Drinking while driving is just about the dumbest thing a human can do.
The punishment for doing it ONCE should be incredibly severe to teach a lesson for future risk takers, but here we are, doing basically nothing for 4th time offenders and reading stories about people who didn’t deserve to have their lives cut short by some incredible pricks out there. >

The issue is that it’s stupid easy to get a DUI. You can be sleeping in the backseat and you’ll get a DUI. >

I swear officer, my car drove itself half way home, i wasn't driving it drunk AT ALL >

Honestly if anyone thinks that his license being revoked was going to stop his driving is clearly not thinking straight.  Sure it would have prevented him from renting a car but there are many ways to get a car and considering his history nothing was going to stop him but incarceration >

The incompetency of government to actually do their job is always amazing to me. Seems like a large part of it is simple a jobs program for the incompetent. >

DUI should be equivalent to attempted murder and in this case involuntary manslaughter >

And he got away with it because of his color? 😬 >

Has this ever happened before? A drunk/stoned driver killing two people in two different accidents? Unbelievable. >

Criminal reform. Deal with it. How bout the families who’s loved ones are gunned down by criminals released by soft democratic DAs ? Look up Larry Krasner. Only going to get worse.