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Key Takeaways Sobriety Court is a specialty court program for certain people with prior DUI convictions. The program emphasizes Alcohol and substance abuse treatment. Participants may obtain a restricted license through Sobriety Court rather than having...

Michigan DUI Plea Bargains — What They Are and How They Work When most people hear the words plea bargain in a Michigan DUI case, they think it means getting off easy. The reality is more nuanced — and more important — than that. A plea bargain is a negotiated resolution: the original charge gets...

What You Need to Know A Michigan DUI is expensive by design — the financial burden is a built-in part of the punishment. Costs include court fines and fees, probation expenses, alcohol education and counseling, increased insurance premiums, and legal fees. The total financial impact of a first offense DUI typically runs between $5,000...

For many people, a DUI truly is an isolated incident — not a sign of a drinking problem. In fact, most people arrested for drunk driving do not — and for those people, the question of whether this was a true "isolated incident" matters a great deal in terms of how their...