News Jones hit with new charge

[JBJ was here]

Dude should legit hire a driver

The entire purpose of this prosecution is to make that happen. A plea deal where Jones gives up his license and ends up having to hire a driver rates to be exactly what the prosecutor is targeting.

 

[Captain Herb]

The entire purpose of this prosecution is to make that happen. A plea deal where Jones gives up his license and ends up having to hire a driver rates to be exactly what the prosecutor is targeting.

They already kind of tried that. he had to install a breathalyzer on his car so he just rented one and that's when he T-boned the pregnant lady.

 

[JBJ was here]

They already kind of tried that. he had to install a breathalyzer on his car so he just rented one and that's when he T-boned the pregnant lady.

That history is why they're bothering with a prosecution at all. Otherwise there'd just be a case file to establish a pattern of behavior for the next time he screwed up. They may "know" that he was driving under the influence, but they have no way to prove it to a jury (a useless witness and probable drunkenness--with no breath or blood test--on a phone call long enough after the fact for him to have gotten drunk after getting home even if you can prove he was driving wouldn't cut it even if Jon were some no name with a public defender) and the actual charges are the kind of charges that are never prosecuted for their own sake even with solid evidence because it would be a complete waste of time and resources better spent elsewhere. In isolation, this case is a complete loser that isn't worth the prosecutor's time.

 

[Captain Herb]

That history is why they're bothering with a prosecution at all. Otherwise there'd just be a case file to establish a pattern of behavior for the next time he screwed up. They may "know" that he was driving under the influence, but they have no way to prove it to a jury (a useless witness and probable drunkenness--with no breath or blood test--on a phone call long enough after the fact for him to have gotten drunk after getting home even if you can prove he was driving wouldn't cut it even if Jon were some no name with a public defender) and the actual charges are the kind of charges that are never prosecuted for their own sake even with solid evidence because it would be a complete waste of time and resources better spent elsewhere. In isolation, this case is a complete loser that isn't worth the prosecutor's time.

I think maybe Abq either doesn't care about drunk driving or is trying to go easy on him. Remember the time he was parked in his car shooting off his gun and "talking to the homeless"? He was slurring and had a half-empty bottle of whisky in the back seat and nothing happened to him once again. Where I live both of those would be prosecuted aggressively even on circumstantial evidence.