A Texas jury sentenced James Steven Corley, 52, to 99 years in jail after his 16th conviction for driving while intoxicated. The jury deliberated only an hour after the guilty verdict in handing down the extreme sentence.
Corley had 15 previous DWI convictions in two states and has been arrested all over Texas. He has also been convicted of such crimes as escape, assault and theft.
His last arrest came on Aug. 28, 2010 when he was stopped for a busted taillight and failed a sobriety test with an alcohol level was 0.05 to 0.10. To make matters worse, Corley was at the time fleeing from a burglary and assault of his girlfriend.
Despite the long sentence, Corley could be up for parole in 10 to 15 years.
Source: MSNBC
” All bars should be required to have blow stations by their exit. Anyone who has a problem should be required to have a blow tester in their car. In fact, maybe they could/ should be installed in all cars as standard equipment. The feds could require that. Liquor stores could also have blow tests to stop people who are already drinking from buying more booze. I like the idea of limiting sales of liquor in stores to daytime hours too.
I spent one month in Toronto. In Toronto there are only state run liquor stores. The whole time I never saw anyone obviously drunk on the street ” Kay S
No, here’s a better idea, perhaps people who drink can start to take responsibility for themselves and NOT drive when they drink.
I don’t think that all people should be required to pay several thousand extra dollars when the time comes to purchase a car because of the irresponsible behaviours of some!! The auto blow testers cost an averaqge of $1200 to install and an additional $100 each month to be calibrated. Is this really a cost that all drivers should be expected to pay?
If you are referring to Toronto Ontario……the liquor and beer stores are actually ” Provincially ” operated as Ontario is still a province and not yet a State. This really has no bearing on who drinks ( with the obvious age exception )and what they do after they drink. I live not far from Toronto, and have seen many a drunk on the street…in fact there have been times in my life when I have been drunk and on the streets…..but not driving. I can personally attest to the fact that there are stupid people here who drink and drive and do so even in the middle of the day. A year and a half ago I was hit by a drunk driver at 3 in the afternoon. My 6 month old ( at the time ) care received close to $10 k in damage, and thus far the cost for the damage caused to my spine and lumbar/sciatic nerves continues to rise.
Sympathy for drunk drivers…..I don;t think so!!!
Wonder how much of that sentense was for the burglary and assault.
I smell something wrong with a system that routinely punishes in the extreme persons who are alcoholics or drug addicts but allows mass murderers to hold high office and then retire to lives of ease. And oh isn’t all so easy to beat up onthis drunk from Texas.
Bunch of self-righteous prigs.
Seems he can consider himself lucky he didn’t get the death penalty…
Now what good has been done?
That is one crazy jury, ready to be institutionalized.
Ocha, Rafflaw, maybe he did go to jail some of the previous times?
Yeah, 16 times is way too long before serious action was taken, but at least he is finally getting jail time. Even the 10 years should be sufficient to dry this clown up.
So it took the courts 16 tries before they finally locked the guy up? Do I smell something wrong with the system on this one. What took them so long?
Sl,
That is W’s way to count….
16 strikes you’re out?
At least the Court figured out how to keep him from driving.
I met a woman who got 30 years for vehicular homicide.
She said that she realized in retrospect that she had a drinking problem but at the time she didn’t think it was that bad. She was working full time without problems. The night of the vehicular homicide was New Year’s Eve so she thought she could drink more.
She said that she had been in a maximum security prison. I met her when she came for a hearing on her request to get alcohol treatment, which would reduce her sentence. She had already been in about 20 years. That was available at the maximum security prison but not at the medium security prison where she had been kept in recent years. The state wanted her to transfer back to the maximum security prison to get treatment because that was the only facility they offered it in. She said that she absolutely could not handle maximum security — the solitary confinement etc.
I am a MIT graduate and I am enamored with technology. I read about bar computer systems that track customers by number and limit how much is served and I think all bars should have them. All bars should be required to have blow stations by their exit. Anyone who has a problem should be required to have a blow tester in their car. In fact, maybe they could/ should be installed in all cars as standard equipment. The feds could require that. Liquor stores could also have blow tests to stop people who are already drinking from buying more booze. I like the idea of limiting sales of liquor in stores to daytime hours too.
I spent one month in Toronto. In Toronto there are only state run liquor stores. The whole time I never saw anyone obviously drunk on the street.
Why did he have to get 16 arrest before getting a harsh sentence??? I know some states say 3 DUIs is a felony.
Surprised he was not killed in an accident by now!!
WHile I hate the ridiculously long sentences that TX loves so much, and I think this one falls into that category, I guess I am glad to see some serious jail time for repeat DUI.
Now if we could only get to a place between the all to common wink-n-nod 90 days in the work house and life without parole sentences.
And what could ever be his problem….. He;ll be out in 10…if he lives that long…