Posted on 09/20/2013 8:37:09 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A Hays County jury on Wednesday sentenced a San Marcos woman to life in prison after her sixth conviction of driving while intoxicated.
Rose Ann Davidson, 44, was arrested by a Kyle police officer in the early morning hours of July 27, 2012, on Interstate 35 after he observed her driving erratically. The officer concluded she was intoxicated and found an open container of beer in her vehicle.
Davidson had five prior convictions for driving while intoxicated dating back to 1996 and had only recently been released from prison, Hays County officials said.
The trial took place in front of Judge Jack Robison.
Too harsh? Or - Finally. Justice is served.
Should happen more often.
Thank you, Texas.
People that simply can’t control themselves in a way that is dangerous to others need to be permanently removed from civilization. It sucks to be her, but the odds of her eventually killing someone are absurdly high if she remains at large.
Whether it is too harsh or not, she made an informed decision by her actions. She knew that repeating her past behavior would lead to felony charges.
Should have happened sooner. 3 DWI’s should trigger an automatic life sentence
My neighbor has had about 10 arrests for DUI. More than that many PIs.
Never spent any time until he smacked his wife. Got 3 months.
They finally took his license but he has had 3 more public intox arrests since.
He has high medical costs so the county doesn’t want him in jail
they should put her picture on a billboard and place them all over Texas.
What about the people with 15 or 20 who are still out there?
If you are ever in an accident, make sure the coppers get a breathalyzer on the other guy. Don't know why breathalyzers all around are not standard.
Simple, really. One out of two drivers involved in accidents is drinking. If not you, it's gotta be the other guy.
He has high medical costs so the county doesn’t want him in jail
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There ya go. Many comments I was reading in my local rag pointed out the high expensive costs of locking up this woman. “Do we really wanna spend a million dollars just becaause some woman likes to drink a little too much?”
But of course when this woman drinks/drives/kills one of their loved ones - its a different story. “They should have locked her up after the second DWI.”
where is the proportionality?....if drunks are in jail for life, shouldn't murderers and rapists be there too?
After living in south Texas, if I spotted her driving a station wagon, drunk or sober wouldn’t make a difference, I’d head the other direction.
Rapist and murderers need more than life in prison. I am a firm believer in the death penalty.
it IS harsh but necessary. Hopefully a few sentences like this will encourage other people with this problem to get help or stop driving.
With a name like that I bet she wasnt an illegal alien..
Plus an illegal alien would walk...
guess she won’t be drinking or driving from now on
right up the street (Interstate) from here (New Braunfels)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.