“Then, a year after that DUI stop, in the summer of 2012, Cashatt got a letter from the court. It informed him that he was being charged not merely with that DUI misdemeanor but with a felony, the result of his latest charge plus all of his prior offenses. The minimum sentence: six and a half years in prison.”
I think this is the saddest part. He had his life together, no matter how fragile, and he was pulled back into the system.
I'd withhold judgement - no matter how messed up people are, humans can always be great story tellers.
Yes, I guess it sucks if you think you get off scot-free for a DUI and multiple other offenses, but then are drawn back into the system. But that doesn't mean that this guy actually had his life in order, or quit drugs, or really did anything that he said he did.
I think this is the saddest part. He had his life together, no matter how fragile, and he was pulled back into the system.