That's the minimal felony sentence. Note that "policy" is not a requirement - it is an internal practice that may or may not have the force of law behind it. One does not have a right to discharge from parole after only 6 months. You will note that even in the article you linked it said that parole agents and supervisors can override the policy.
Good for him. Hopefully he won't have to drive anywhere to fulfill his job assignments because I suspect he won't have a license for a while.My cousin, because he's a very good worker, has always had job offers in various fields. He has been hired even when his employeer knew he had three dui's. With 4 dui's he's being offered a job as a network administrator for an accounting firm in Irvine, CA. He didn't even apply for the job, its his reputation as a competent hardworking IT person. I've seen him walk others through troubleshooting sessions, over the phone, with no computer in front of him. And he doesn't even charge people!
The other article you link says nothing about a CONVICTION, only that he was stopped and charged with DUI ... likely a first one.
We can all play the link game ... perhaps I can start linking crash scene photos resulting from DUI drivers - or statistics involving DUIs and fatal and serious injury collisions ... maybe one of the guy I had to deal with once who was cussing out a dead family (mom and three small children) because they had the audacity to get in his way as he drove down a hill in the wrong lane! (They died, he lived, and the 6 year old son died in my arms while that S.O.B. screamed about his rights being violated ...)
Most of us have little sympathy for DUI. Some of us have have zero (I am in that category). I am sorry he's had a rough go with the VA and all that, but four DUIs is not an accident, it's a lifestyle - and those are only the times he has been caught! We can probably number his actual number of times driving impaired in the dozens or more. He's darn lucky he has not killed someone.
- Carl

