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A judge in cook county is planning to plead guilty in the latest case of drunk driving, the attorney of the judge has indicated on the latest appearance in the court which was done on Friday. The judge who is now 47 years old and comes from the beverly community, potentially could face up to a whole year behind the prison bars if and when the judge gets convicted in this latest DUI case. Some of the main case prosecutors indicated that she has continually refused to conform to the standard test and take breathalyzer when the almost fatal accident involving the chevy blazer and family van occured. What has happened according to the police report is that she still continuned to drive even after the DUI collision came into place.

At this time she has been assigned to only perform administrative duties, and her status is not very clearly known. There might possibly not be any trial but there is a possible jail time as well as the fine associated with this DUI case involving the minivan and the family of five people according to one source, which is assistant atty General Daniel Nikolic. There are also other fines for not reducing the speed in connection with this same DUI incident.

As according to studies conducted by some independant research organizations, last month it was shown that there is a remarkable 7.1% higher chance of someone with prior conviction in state of California to be involved in fatal crash or accident. The studies were done and researched by over 200 different groups with experts on the DUI and DWI. Drivers with blood alcohol level of .15 or above are especially at risk and very high risk that is as these kind of drivers are usually not very responsive to general and legal measures. There is definately a need to have a new court system which will specifically address the extreme and high risk drivers or offenders and their addiction to the substance.

With this data in mind it is not that shocking to know that DUI and DWI related accident numbers have been on the constant rise in the California. What people should be doing is spending appropriate time at the rehabilitation facility and go through mandatory pass checks before they are given opportunity to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle again. This in accordance with the accountability is critical to building the sucessfull strategy in years to come in California state.