Peace never comes entirely for parents who have lost kids to drunk drivers. But it has been particularly elusive for Dan and Pam James in recent days. Lori Kasten, the woman who took Katie James’ life and severely injured two of her cousins in a head-on crash in 1996 not long after that poem was written, initially received nine years for drinking at least three times as much as she should have and then getting behind the wheel. Kasten was arrested last week on allegations of driving drunk yet again. UW-Madison police say she got her vehicle stuck on a curb in a UW parking lot, and they?ve asked the district attorney to charge her, at a minimum, with third-offense drunk driving.
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