Drive At Your Own Risk
It's not safe to be on the road in Arizona. And it's not just because of the drunk drivers, speeding teens, or bumpy roads -- although none of that helps. No -- these days, just getting behind the wheel might get you arrested.
New Times columnist Sarah Fenske has chronicled a series of disturbing cases in which Valley residents have been arrested for drunk driving, despite being well under the legal limit. In others, drivers have been blamed for causing car accidents even though they were sober and the other driver was drunk. Prosecutors and cops try to write this off as being tough on crime. But you only have to read these stories to realize it's not the criminals getting a hard rap: It's people like us, people who are just trying to get home at night when they end up in a nightmare.
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He wasn't driving drunk, he didn't hit anyone, but he might still go to jailFenskeBy: Sarah Fenske -Published: July 10, 2008
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Heather Squires was arrested for DUI without drinking a drop of alcoholFenskeBy: Sarah Fenske -Published: May 29, 2008
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Prosecutors suggest charges for other driver in the Bryant Wilkerson caseFenskeA follow-up to the column of January 24, 2008By: Sarah Fenske -Published: May 01, 2008
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It took less than one drink to get Shannon Wilcutt busted for felony DUIFenskeBy: Sarah Fenske -Published: March 20, 2008
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Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison -- the drunk, rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?FenskeThe life-changing circumstances of the Bryant Wilkerson caseBy: Sarah Fenske -Published: January 24, 2008
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