Local group to monitor drunk driving cases in Onondaga County courts
A local citizens group led by Janet Besse plans to monitor town and village justice courts in Onondaga County to track how drunk driving cases are disposed of. The drive follows dissatisfaction with a lower county court's statistics after 33 DWI cases since May 1976, yielding four convictions, 15 downgraded to driving while impaired by alcohol, and three downgraded to speeding.