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Newshawk: DPFWI www.drugsense.org/dpfwi
Pubdate: Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (WI)
Copyright: 2005 The Daily Tribune
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Website: http://www.wisinfo.com/dailytribune/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1609
Author: Matt Ollwerther, Central Wisconsin Sunday
DRUGGED DRIVING LAW NABS 329 IN FIRST YEAR
A law put into place in late 2003 targeting drivers under in the
influence of illegal drugs resulted in 329 convictions in 2004,
according to Department of Motor Vehicle records.
The new law, also know as the Baby Luke Law, was prompted by the case
of Michelle Logemann, who was about eight months pregnant when her
vehicle was hit by a van running a red light in Milwaukee on Dec. 11,
2001. She was seriously injured. Her child, named Luke, was delivered
by Caesarian section but died about 12 hours later because of head
injuries.
Prosecutors demonstrated that the driver of the van, Paul D. Wilson,
had ingested cocaine, but they couldn't prove actual impairment. Wilson pleaded no contest to a charge of a homicide by negligent use
of a motor vehicle and received a maximum two-year sentence.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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