A BILL BEING PROPOSED BY A STATE LAWMAKER FROM ALBUQUERQUE TAKES AIM AT PEOPLE WHO DRIVE RECKLESSLY, AND KILL SOMEONE. REPRESENTATIVE SARAH MAESTAS BARNES SAYS THE LEGISLATION WOULD MAKE THE CRIME A SECOND DEGREE FELONY.
IT’S CURRENTLY A THIRD DEGREE FELONY, WHICH CARRIES A SIX YEAR SENTENCE. IF MAESTAS BARNES IS SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING IT A SECOND DEGREE FELONY, PRISON TIME WOULD INCREASE TO 15 YEARS.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SERIOUS STREET RACING CRASHES ON I-25 IN ALBUQUERQUE RECENTLY…ONE OF WHICH KILLED A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. MAESTAS BARNES TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HER BILL WILL GO BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE 60 DAY SESSION THAT BEGINS IN JANUARY.
