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Adam's Law would stiffen California DUI laws

Almost two years ago, a convicted drunk driver killed a 17-year-old after he was rear-ended on his way to look at prom tuxedos with his girlfriend for his high school junior prom.

The teenager was killed at the scene of the crime, and two hours after the crash, the now 44-year-old woman's blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.33 percent, which is more than four times California's legal driving limit of 0.08.

Now serving an 11-year sentence in state prison after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence in February 2004, Assemblyman Russ Bogh was "appalled" when he discovered the woman had a valid California driver's license despite her record of alcohol-related arrests at the time of the crash.

Bogh is proposing "Adam's Law" in Sacramento on Monday, which would require that a third conviction of driving under the influence would permanently revoke the driver's license. Applying to any convictions, the law would be stiffer than the current limit of convictions within the past 10 years.

The bill would also require anyone convicted of DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit to get an ignition interlock device. Bogh had been looking at California DUI laws when he heard the victim's father's story and decided to name the bill after his son.

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