{"id":1146,"date":"2016-02-24T23:43:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:30:29","slug":"madd-supports-victims-fight-tougher-dui-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/madd-supports-victims-fight-tougher-dui-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD Supports Victims in Fight for Tougher DUI Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1146\" class=\"elementor elementor-1146\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76bb71c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76bb71c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3584f613\" data-id=\"3584f613\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41227c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c41227c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MADD Tennessee joined victims on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2016, to advocate for tougher legislation that would ensure information regarding&nbsp;<a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/repeat-offenders-tennessee\/\">repeat offenders <\/a>is&nbsp;shared&nbsp;among law enforcement, judges, and courts.&nbsp; In addition, MADD fought for stricter legislation that would require all convicted DUI offenders to have an ignition interlock for a year before getting their licenses back.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/story\/31287068\/briarcrest-survivor-pressures-tn-to-strengthen-dui-laws\" class=\"text-red\">&nbsp;Read more about this fight<\/a>&nbsp;involving the testimony of Kara Holden, survivor of a horrific DUI crash that killed her two friends Maddie Kruse and Rachel Lynch in May 2015.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADD Tennessee joined victims on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2016, to advocate for tougher legislation that would ensure information regarding&nbsp;repeat offenders is&nbsp;shared&nbsp;among law enforcement, judges, and courts.&nbsp; In addition,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/madd-supports-victims-fight-tougher-dui-legislation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MADD Supports Victims in Fight for Tougher DUI Legislation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[4,12,6,7,8],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-legislation","tag-nomorevictimstn","tag-briarcrest-crash","tag-drunk-driving","tag-impaired-driving","tag-tennessee-victims","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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