South Dakota: innovative efforts such as “SCRAM” bracelet and old-fashioned jail; reporter follows a week’s worth of DUI arrests in court

From Argus Leader
Amanda Hood fell into the police officer who arrested her for third-offense DUI. She rear-ended a car at 41st Street and Kiwanis Avenue.
Reeca Rettig blacked out the night of her first DUI. A new mother, she vows to never drive drunk again.
Lavar Blackmon was convicted of fifth-offense DUI after almost sideswiping an undercover police car. He’s in prison.
Biniyam Liben was acquitted of second-offense DUI. Police couldn’t prove he had driven the running car in which they found him. ….MORE

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