Strict DUI laws needed

Anne Parker Story was certainly right on the mark by saying that no penalty is too tough for DUI offenses in Utah (Readers' Forum, Oct. 19). If one of Jason Schatz's own children were maimed or killed by a drunken driver, you can be certain that he would do everything within his power to ensure that the driver was prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I can only assume that one of his prime responsibilities is that of defending drunken drivers, and that being the case, of course he would tend to characterize Utah's DUI laws as "too harsh."

Consider the hundreds of citizens throughout Utah who have lost their lives and the number of families torn apart at the hands of drunken drivers. To say that Utah laws are too tough on DUI offenders is totally absurd.

Kyle D. Smith

Taylorsville