A Northern Virginia delegate is proposing changes to sentencing guidelines in DUI aggravated involuntary manslaughter cases and DUI maiming cases.
This caught my attention in light of the Richard Slone death that we covered extensively a few years ago.
If you’ll recall, Slone was at work one night near Tanglewood Mall when he was critically injured after a crash involving Tracy Nininger and Jeff Dupree.
A judge later convicted both Nininger and Dupree on DUI-related aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
Many of you were outraged after the judge gave them a two-and-a-half year prison sentence.
Fairfax County Republican Delegate Dave Albo is proposing to raise the mandatory minimum sentence to five years in DUI aggravated manslaughter cases.
In other words, judges would be locked in to giving a person convicted on aggravated DUI involuntary manslaughter charge at least five years, no questions asked.
I haven’t spoken with Del. Albo see if the Richard Slone case factored in his proposal.
If I remember correctly, current law states the mandatory minimum on an aggravated DUI involuntary manslaughter conviction is one year.
I’ll try to follow Albo’s bill to see how it ends up in Richmond.
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