Holier Than Law
May, 1997
Drunk driving can get you a lot of things in Lake Charles. Louisiana. In 1993 it got Gregory Thompson a year's probation, a $400 fine plus costs, driving classes, substance-abuse counseling, community service at a sewage-treatment plant and loss of driving privileges for a year.One DWI conviction invites the wrath of the judicial system. One probation violation, however, can invite the wrath of God. Thompson, a recently divorced young bricklayer, violated his probation by not finishing his court...
