RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has been attempting to increase the penalties for DUI convictions since taking office in 2011, and he’s giving it another shot for this year’s legislative session.
Today, the RI Senate Judiciary Committee will consider two bills authored by RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin doubling penalties for killing or injuring while driving drunk from and extending the “look back” period on repeat alcohol-related offenses from five years to 10 years.