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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.
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.