THIS
MAN.
HE IS BEING TURNED STRIP
ATTEMPTED MURDER AS WELL.
SHERI: TUSCALOOSA COUNTY'S TOP
PROSECUTOR HAS A NEW PLAN HE
HOPES WILL LOWER THE NUMBER OF
GUN CRIMES IN THE AREA.
WVTM 13'S CHIP SCARBOROUGH TELLS
US HOW THE GUN CRACKDOWN COULD
LAND MORE PEOPLE BEHIND BARS.
CHIP: TUSCALOOSA COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY HAYS WEBB IS CRACKING
DOWN ON PEOPLE CAUGHT WITH A GUN
WHEN COMMITTING A CRIME.
WEBB SAYS THE SIMPLE PRESENCE OF
A GUN CAN ESCALATE THINGS
QUICKLY.
>> ARGUMENT TURNS INTO A
SHOOTING.
DISAGREEMENTS TURN INTO
KILLINGS.
AND WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO
ASSURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T
CARRYING AROUND GUNS WHILE
THEY'RE COMMITTING CRIME.
CHIP: THE D.A. RECENTLY ENACTED
A NEW PLAN TO TRY AND ENSURE
TIME BEHIND BARS FOR PEOPLE
INTENTIONALLY BREAKING THE LAW.
WEBB SAYS THE RECOMMENDED JA
TIME DOESN'T COME UNTIL AFTER A
CASE GOES THROUGH THE COURT
SYSTEM.
HE SAYS IT APPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE CONVICTED AND THOSE WHO MAKE
A DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS.
THE CONSEQUENCE OF POSSESSING
MARIJUANA, WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE
TO GO INTO REHABILITATION
PROGRAM, WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE TO
GO ON PROBATION, WHATEVER IT IS
WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME PERIOD OF
TIME IN JAIL.
CHIP: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STRESSES THE GUN SIMPLY HAS TO
BE PRESENT DURING THE CRIME,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS
USED.
HE ALSO SAYS JAIL TIME APPLIES
IF THE PERSON OWNS THE GUN OR IF
IT'S STOLEN.
>> YOU KNOW, WE WANT EVERYBODY
TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND YOU KNOW, THEM GO GET THE
NEWSPAPER.
THEIR CHILDREN BE ABLE TO GO TO
THE PARK AND BE ABLE TO PLAY.
BE ABLE TO GO TO THE STORE AND
NOT WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE PULLING GUNS ON PEOPLE.
CHIP: THE DA'S OFFICE RECOMMENDS
THE JAIL TIME, BUT IN THE END,
IT'S UP TO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY'S
JUDGES.
IN TUSCALOOSA, CHIP SCARBOROUGH,
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