I guess we need to look at Graddick’s history. Why is he in office anyhow?

As for the youthful offender. Statistics show that for every time a person is caught at DUI, they average driving over 60 times drunk. I hope the next 60 times, the kid avoids another crash. Graddick did not do this young man any favors by ignoring a real need for intervention. Drunk driving is tragic.  How many families have to be devastated by loss before judges put offenders under the jail where they belong?

To the parents of the youthful offender. I hope you are reading this and can practice tough love. Get your child into treatment. Do not think the judicial system is going to do it for you.

Can the Attorney General do anything about this?  Can He be removed from the Bench?

This is awful. I am saddened by our judicial system. AWFUL Charles GraddicK just AWFUL… I will not vote for him definately

Sounds to me like the Judge probally knew the family and let him off easy.  I can not believe this!  I have already emailed him and told him that I am dissappointed in Him and welcome the opportunity to elect someone else to his spot.  If I was this officer I would sue this kid and his family for everything they have.  If the crimminal courts will not help us then maybe the civil courts will.  I have seen too many cases where the kid is drunk and kills someone and gets off without any punishment.

After reading the posts regarding this incident, it seems that most of us unanimously agree on something….that this person was WRONG and should be punished to the full extent. More importantly though, we should all take notice that judge Charles Graddick is allowing this criminal to take the easy way out. So, the next time Charles Graddick comes up for election, or even if he comes up in conversation with your friends, let them know that this judge seems to favor criminals. I wonder if it was one of judge Graddick’s family members that was hit by this drunk driver, if he would show them the same favortism. Probably not. This kid will probably get off with a slap on the wrist…then, in a year or so, he will do the same thing all over again, only this time, he will KILL someone… and once again, the system will have failed…and an innocent person will have died….and everyone will have that “deer in the headlights” look on their faces and say “How could this happen?“

There once was an excuse of “youthful offender” but today’s youths are mean, vicious, above the law and don’t care. As someone I know once put it, they have no morals. I extend my sympathy to the officer and his family. And urge them to go after this criminal in any legal way they can. And judges, if you want to keep your elected positions change your position on who is the criminal and who is a kid.

Stuff like this is WRONG! I was hit by two drunk drivers in a weeks period. I have lost a career over it. The first accident, the one that was really bad—the guy went to jailf or 12 hours.. that was IT. He was not charged with everything (possesion of mari., hit and run) he did not have to pay for anything. Its bull ####. The second one, the guy actually tried to appeal it. He hit us, a tree, and the car infront of us.
Both those men deserved WAY more than 12 hours, and so does this man.
i HATE people that make this kind of decision and have the potential to kill and ruin peoples lives. Our DUI laws need some serious makeovers.