娄秋琴律师就英菲尼迪车肇事案和高晓松酒驾案接受中央电视台采访

Question 1 In the two cases involving drunk driving, chen was charged with jeopardizing public security by dangerous methods while Gao was charged for drunk driving. What's the difference between the two crimes?

 Although the two crimes are both classified as crimes against public security in Criminal Code, they do have lots of differences. The former is a kind of concrete dangerous crimes, in practice it usually casuses severe consequences. As in the chenjia case, it led to two deaths and one seriously injured. If the accusation is proved, the maximum punishment can be death penalty, and the best result is still three years  imprisonment.

Hower, the crime of drunk driving is just an abstract dangerous crime, which generally causes no casualties or huge losses. A person who are found guilty of drunk driving only can be sentenced to criminal detention, whose longest detain deadline is six months, just as Mr Gao got in his case.

Question 2 How do you evaluate the new law that lists drunk driving as a crime? What penalties do you think can effectively stem drunk driving?

After drunk driving is defined as a cime by the Eighth Amendment, Public Traffic Administration records obvious decline both in numbers of taffic accidents and deaths in such accidents. This means the new law is really effective. To strengthen this steming effect, strict enforcement is as important as rigour legislation . Certainly, when deciding the sentences, we should also consider the circumstances to see whether the offender deserves a lesser or mitigated punishment. That is exactly the spirit of law.

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中新网北京5月17日电 (记者 张哉麟) 北京市东城区人民法院今日一审宣判：高晓松以危险驾驶罪被判处拘役六个月，并处罚金四千元人民币。

9日晚，酒后的高晓松驾车在东直门外大街一路口制造了连环追尾事故。他体内每百毫升血液中酒精含量高达243.04毫克，是醉驾标准(80毫克)的3倍多。11日，高晓松被警方刑事拘留。13日，他因涉嫌危险驾驶罪被公诉至东城区人民法院。

16日上午，北京交管部门民警到东城区人民法院，向高晓松宣读公安行政处罚决定，给予其吊销驾驶证的处罚。同时，按照最新修订的道路交通安全法规定，因醉驾被吊销驾驶证的当事人，在5年内不得重新取得。另外，由于高晓松被查获时存在驾驶证超过有效期仍驾车的违法行为，对他作出了罚款1000元的行政处罚。

自5月1日起，《刑法修正案(八)》正式实施，首次对醉驾入罪。

高晓松毕业于清华大学，校园民谣中关键人物。现定居美国洛杉矶，从事电影及音乐工作。近几年还频繁担任国内各大选秀比赛中的评委。

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    中新网5月17日电据中央电视台报道，陈家酒驾案今天开庭审理。在民事赔偿部分，开庭前受害人王辉和陈家曾达成一个赔偿360万的协议，陈家已通过家人履行120万的赔偿金额，并交给法院75万。

陈家表示，将通过变卖房产来完成剩余的赔偿。但360万的金额不被王辉父母认可，因此协议不生效。

法庭上，受害人诉状提出的民事附带赔偿为607万元，最终受害人与被告人达成了协议，在法庭外和解。法官将进行调解。

    据公诉机关指控，2010年5月9日5时36分许，陈家饮酒后超速驾驶英菲尼迪牌小型轿车，在北京市朝阳区东大桥路由北向南行驶至建国门外大街永安里路口，违反交通信号，直接撞上前方等候交通信号放行的菲亚特牌小型轿车，继而又撞向正常行驶的639路公交车左前侧。陈家弃车逃逸，事故造成菲亚特车主陈伟宁及6岁女儿珠珠死亡，陈伟宁的另一双胞胎女儿珍珍因不在车上，幸免于难，陈的妻子王辉重伤。

    公诉机关认为，陈家明知酒后不能驾驶机动车，却违反交通法规驾车超速行驶，致两人死亡、一人重伤，严重危害了公共安全。陈家在本案中涉嫌四项交通违法，一是酒后驾车，二是闯红灯，三是肇事逃逸，四是超速行驶，以此为基础，检方对其以危险方法危害公共安全罪提起公诉。

    目前，案件审理仍在进行中。