mak1277 wrote:The penalty just isn't stiff enough. Even for someone who's not famous, the odds of jail time for a first DUI offense are just miniscule (at least in Missouri; I shouldn't speak for all states).
I think this is true in most states. You basically always spend the night in jail after getting arrested. Maybe judges give people the benefit of the doubt that after that night in jail and all the money it's going to cost them that they might not do it again. Who knows. (BTW, cop in the family, no personal experience)