More drunken driving cases filed locally in '08

URBANA – Champaign County's tough approach to the prosecution of people driving under the influence of alcohol apparently isn't scaring everyone.

State's Attorney Julia Rietz said the number of DUI cases filed by her office through the end of the year appears to be 934, including at least six cases involving seven deaths.

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