A 3rd DWI is not the same as a small bag of weed
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2026
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That is oddly specific
Purely hypothetical for a friend
Manhunts are never about safety of the public. They happen because escapes make the cops look bad.
I bet it's also exciting for the cops to engage in.
Especially the part where they get away with torture after
Third DWI? You should be forced into a program cause you have a problem ... also, your vehicle should be crushed so you can't drive drunk a 4th time.
Good rule of thumb is breaking out of jail never helps your circumstance. What does help your circumstance is to call every cop a fucking cunt when they book you after blowing a .41.
Just kidding, it does not help, they will forget to feed you for 2 days though.
Ha ha, calling the cops booking you a cunt might lead to an early death. It's south america now, nobody gives a shit. They have the power, be respectful.
Looks like someone did the statistical analysis that answers at least how soon they are likely to get recaptured (correlation not causation) at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bryce-Peterson/publication/377596204_Catch_'em_if_you_can_examining_how_often_and_how_quickly_people_who_escape_from_prisons_and_jails_are_recaptured/links/65b152979ce29c458baa3402/Catch-em-if-you-can-examining-how-often-and-how-quickly-people-who-escape-from-prisons-and-jails-are-recaptured.pdf
So going off their most comprehensive Model 4, violent vs non-violent offence does not make a statistically significant difference.
Factors predicting a statistically significant shorter time to recapture:
- Being white-skinned (i.e. for once there is a reverse-white privilege here, not sure why).
- Shorter sentence length (i.e. being in for less time actually increases the chances of eventual recapture).
- There being evidence the escape was planned (i.e. planned escapes are less likely to succeed than opportunistic ones - or maybe the good planned ones leave no evidence).
- The escape happening in summer (maybe longer daylight hours?).
- The escape happening from somewhere other than a non-secure / minimum security facility, as opposed to a secure facility or a secure or non-secure outside location like work release.
- The escape happening in a larger group (i.e. those who escape in groups are more likely to be recaptured).
- The escape happening other than from a local jail (i.e. local jail does predict a longer time to recapture).
- The escape happening in the Western region.
So I think to answer your question from that, a short sentence length for a non-violent crime doesn't reduce the time to recapture.
If I'm understanding you right that they get captured quicker in the summer than in the winter, it's because in the winter the people looking for them are eventually just like,"OK fuck it for tonight, I need hot coffee " and clock out at 430 instead of 530.
They’ll search the area, inform the public, but if only one person got out and they aren’t violent, it would probably just end up in wanted posters.
So if this so-called person can manage to get out of the country, they’re good.
However, if this person is driving drunk a third time, they should stay in jail. Maybe lose a foot or a hand.
Wanted posters? Lol wut. Never seen one irl
I see you don’t spend much time in police stations.
However, if this person is driving drunk a third time, they should stay in jail.
Getting caught a third time. Which probably means they've actually done it dozens to hundreds of times.
What about a person carrying an ounce of pot walking down the road? Everyone is so stuck on the DWI I just meant minor crimes.
DWI is not a minor crime. That's where you fucked up.
I used to know someone that was on the most wanted list in a county for DWIs. They sorta had an idea of where he was, but no one seemed to go to much trouble to get him. Eventually turned himself in months or years later (I don’t remember exactly how long it was).
It probably depends on the location and several other factors.
Depending on your location they might just release the kraken
If it is a felony, as is the case with 3rd offense drunk driving charges in states I'm familiar with, or whatever it is, they will hunt you across the country. The feds will hunt you down for a misdemeanor I hear, especially for marijuana.
But state misdemeanor charges are a bench warrant. They wait until you show on their radar, and they won't generally extradite you farther than 100 miles.
It sounds like this person has hit rock bottom and keeps digging. They’re going to get themselves or others killed, and fleeing is only going to make all of this so much worse for everyone involved.
It will be exactly like The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford.
So all I have to do is find the one-armed man?
Order something from any of the online cannabis vendors. It will come with a letter to law enforcement that the product you have is legal hemp, not marijuana. Do what's required for the DUI. Doing anything else will teach you that the thing that seemed like a big problem was really just a medium size problem.