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Title DUI:  It’s a Crime!                CC
Number/Length 4/30
Subject/Grade Level Guidance, Legal Education/7-12
Producer Alliance Productions, Inc.
Date Produced 1994
Support Material Teacher Guide ($10)
 
 
  • Description
    This series shows how lives can be physically, psychologically, and economically affected by an error in judgment regarding the use of alcohol.  It chronicles a college student’s experiences (arrest, legal process, incarceration, and probation) after driving under the influence and causing an injury.
   
     
  • Episodes
    1. “Alcohol & the Law” introduces Jack, a married student who has a few beers at a post-exam party. (20:00)
     
    2. “The Criminal Trial” includes booking and bail bonding procedures, meeting with an attorney, and a trial. (29:30)
     
    3. “Criminal Appeal & Civil Trial” shows Jack’s unsuccessful appeal to the State Supreme Court and the civil lawsuit filed by the injured party. (29:30)
     
    4. “Serving Time” depicts four months in a county jail, the restrictions of a two-year probationary period, and the ongoing hardships that the family must endure.  (29:30)
    
  
 

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