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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Another Push For .08 Law In Ohio. |
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May 25, 2001 |
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Lawmakers are considering a plan that would lower the amount of alcohol a person could have in their bloodstream before being considered legally drunk. If Ohio doesn't pass the bill by 2003, it risks losing millions of dollars in federal highway money. But a mother who lost her son and husband to drunk driving says Ohio has a lot more\ to lose if it doesn't pass the proposal.
Traci Hughes-Jungkurth, a member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, blames the loss of half of her family on a 22-year-old man with a point oh eight blood alcohol level. |
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Traci Hughes-Jungkurth (0:28) 
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| The man who hit Jungkurth was not considered legally drunk under current Ohio law. Right now, a person must have a point one blood alcohol level to be considered legally drunk. And Republican Senate President, Richard Finan, says it should stay that way. |
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Richard Finan (0:30)
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| Finan says studies show many social drinkers in other states have been caught under the point oh eight law. |
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