Is Life Sentence Too Harsh For Man Convicted of Ninth DWI?

I have to laugh at the term "life sentence". If the judge has just sentenced this guy to 5 years, people would be up in arms that the sentence was too light. This guy is a menace to society, and maybe, in prison he can break his alcohol addiction, that is, of course, if Texas is one of those states that doesn't supply alcohol and drugs to inmates. You can't be too sure these "liberal" days. My guess is that the judge has done Stovall a big favor and saved his life.

Excerpt: Bobby Stovall, 54, was driving his truck in Round Rock, Texas, in early July when he weaved through several lanes of traffic and hit another vehicle, injuring the driver. It was later determined that Stovall had a blood alcohol concentration of .32, four times the legal limit in Texas.

And while that DWI was certainly enough to get Stovall in trouble with the law, when the judge found out the defendant had eight prior DWI convictions across several different counties in Texas, he ordered up a life sentence for Stovall. Is Life Sentence Too Harsh For Man Convicted of Ninth DWI?