We would like to see stricter sentences and more importantly minimal sentences put in place for people who cause injuries while drinking and driving or unfortunately take the lives of innocent people while they’re making that poor choice,” Boettger. “What we’re trying to address is DUI causing death or injury. Janel Boettger lost her 17-year-old daughter earlier this year in a collision with an alleged drunk driver. by a lady there but I’ve gotten on board with it and I’m trying to gather support for minimum sentencing.” “It’s a crime of choice we believe and we want the government to start recognizing it for what it is. “Some of us mothers have gathered together because the sentencing is so out of balance with the crime,” Arsenault said.
Mothers against drunk drivers petition driver#
Sheri Arsenault is part of a national lobby to pressure members of parliament to take their cause to Ottawa.Īrsenault lost her 18-year-old son last year in a collision with an alleged drunk driver and says the penalties in place don’t go far enough. is gaining traction across the country, including in our province. The recommended sentence would be raised to between four and eight years for repeat offenders, and up to 12 years for more heavily criticized cases, with room for heavier punishments if warranted, the court said.There are renewed calls for stricter penalties including minimum sentencing for impaired driving causing death in Alberta.Ī petition that began in B.C. In April, the South Korean Supreme Court revised its sentencing guidelines to recommend two to five years in prison for drunk driving offenders involved in a fatal accident, the Korea Times reported. The first act, enacted that year, raised penalties for fatal drunk driving accidents to between three years and life imprisonment from at least one year to life. As of yesterday, it had received more than 140,000 signatures.Īfter army conscript and student Yoon Chang-ho was killed in a drunk driving incident in 2018, South Korea’s National Assembly passed two acts in his name. The petition must gather at least 200,000 signatures by Dec. The South Korea government is required to respond to a petition that collects 200,000 signatures or more within 30 days. “To prevent more regrettable incidents from happening, we invite everyone to sign the petition to make not only the South Korean government, but people around the world pay more attention to the problem of drunk driving,” a friend said in the video. “This is the last thing we can do for our daughter.”įive of Tseng Yi-lin’s childhood friends on Wednesday uploaded a video on YouTube urging people to sign the petition. “How can such a tragedy be prevented from happening again if they only face a few short years in prison?” he asked. Tseng’s father, Tseng Ching-hui (曾慶暉) - head of anesthesiology at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Chiayi Hospital - also sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, representatives and officials, which said that harsher penalties could act as a deterrent.
“Drinking and driving is premeditated murder, and requires more, not less, severe punishment than other crimes,” it adds.
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