Jail Space Shortage Leads to Reduced DUI Sentence

The Cincinnati Post reported in a story on a shortage of space in the Hamilton County (OH) jail. One of the outcomes the article reports is that the County's Municipal Court judges may be giving shorter sentences because of the jail crowding. Prosecutors for the City of Cincinnati appealed a reduced sentence for a drunk driver, saying that he was a 2d time DUI, so the law required a longer sentence, and there plenty of spaces to accommodate him.