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« Update: Body found near Point Judith after search | Today | R.I. fishermen, researchers net big prize / Photo » November 15, 2007Chat Update: Family Court judge on teens and drinkingPROVIDENCE -- Family Court Chief Judge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr., who recently lambasted parents over problems related to teen drinking, answered many of your questions this afternoon during a chat on projo.com. The chat room, at: http://projo.com/chat, has now closed. Projo.com will post a transcript of chat shortly. Family Court’s top judge said last week it’s “an utter shame” that parents in Barrington “don’t take responsibility” for the underage drinking linked to the deaths of four local teens in the last couple of years. Jeremiah made the comment during a hearing in which a 16-year-old Barrington boy was accused of drinking six beers and driving more than twice the speed limit before slamming a car into a tree, killing one of his passengers, 16-year-old Jon Converse. Extra: Read a transcript of Jeremiah's comments from the hearing. Posted by Andrea Panciera CommentsJL | November 15, 2007 8:13 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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I applaud the judges' comments. It's certainly about time that prominent people in this state started standing up and talking about the tragedy of allowing children to drink and then drive. And make no mistake, turning your back and allowing it to take place in your backyard so that you're not legally accountable, makes you as a parent just as culpable as your child. The other tragedy here is that our General Assembly won't stand up for what's right and pass a law that makes drinking and driving that results in death or injury a crime the first time, no matter what the drivers age.