New Alabama Law Involving Methamphetamine

A north Alabama couple indicted in the death of their infant daughter is believed to be the first in the state charged under a new law. It’s aimed at people cooking methamphetamine around children. Twenty-five-year-old William neighbors and 24-year-old Melissa Little, both of Odenville in Saint Clair County were charged with chemical endangerment of a child. The district attorney said the couple's 15-month-old daughter, Melissa, died after ingesting or inhaling methadone. The substance is normally used to treat drug addicts. The new law went into effect June 1 and the child died June 5. Chemical endangerment is a class "A" felony. If convicted, the penalty is ten years to life in prison.

DUI & Driving Under The Influence:
DUI Driving Drunk :
But the law was changed and changed again - strengthened, in fact, to be less tolerant of multiple convictions. But a provision that stipulated four convictions in five years was inadvertently left in. The high court indicated that it had little choice. It could not consider seven convictions in 15 years as constituting four in five years.

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Alabama SR-22 DUI Penalty :
An SR-22 is an official documentation required to redeem a suspended drivers license and get your car registered at the local department of Vehicles (DMV). A SR22 Filing is a form issued by an insurance company which removes a suspension order placed by the DMV's office on your driving privilege. The most common reason for an SR22 filing is when you are arrested for Driving Under Intoxication (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). The filing provides a guarantee to the state that an insurance company has issued at least minimum liability coverage for the person making that filing and that the insurance company will notify the DMV should the insurance ever lapse for any reason.

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