On Christmas Eve, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn ordered 18 convicted drunk drivers back to prison. They were released early as part of a secret cost-cutting move. Each will be paroled sometime in 2010 along the guidelines of their original sentence.The Chicago Sun-Times has more:
"That is a delightful Christmas story," said David Malham, a victim-services specialist with Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Chicago. "MADD is absolutely delighted that the governor reacted to this serious issue in such a way."
The prisoners were not available for comment.
The Chicago Democrat authorized the early-release program, then denied knowing about it after the Associated Press broke the story.
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