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55 y/o blk man being charged with agg dui with great bodily harm....had a diebetic attack behind the wheel resulting in the death of a college girl at the u of I...when urinalysis came back with small amt of thc in in they are saying that was the cause of the accident....he has never been in any trouble in his life not a single ticket or case...he admitted to smoking the weed three weeks prior...his bond was set at 250,000....he has lived in the area for all his life even retired from the u of i...dont understand why it is being made out to such a big deal i understand that a life was taken but it was from the diabetic issue not the thc in his system from three weeks ago. his name is Willie craft sr..chamoaign il....he needs help i am a friend of the family and am trying to help....his bond was reduced to 75,000 he came home and then was put on a bracelet...went to court today and had a urine screening opiates popped up from a vicadin and now he is back in jail with the same bond
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Under Illinois law, even a little amount of THC equates to DUI. The law prohibits driving while any THC is in the blood stream, period. Therefore, had he complied with the law, he would not have been driving, and therefore would not have resulted in the death of the college girl.
Champaign County has traditionally been harder on DUI Defendants. However, the THC coming back positive almost automatically implies a DUI causing death.
Judges are elected officials. All it takes is one Defendant running away or causing another death for them to lose their job. It has happened to many Judges at least once during their careers. That's why many of them are reluctant to set low bonds.
Answered on Jan 27th, 2014 at 4:02 PM