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If people drink and drive they know they are driving a dangerous weapon, they should all be charged with first degree murder IMO.

I think so. I've always believed they should be held accountable in the same manner as if they intended the murder. If a person is old enough to drink and old enough to drive then he/she is old enough to know that driving drunk is just as dangerous and deadly as repeatedly shooting off a gun in a crowded parking lot. 

Yes. http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?9975-Katy-Flynn I don't know if the driver was convicted of 1st degree murder, as he didn't intend to kill anyone; anyway, he was convicted of murder, one of the first impaired drivers nation-wide to have been so. He also lost on appeal.

When death is caused as a result of driving when the relvant driver is drunk, he/she might be trialled for first degree murder and sentenced for life in prison. Taking under considaration that the driver should have been responsible, and not drive when drunk, and the fact the driver didn't kill with an intention to do so, I think that the driver should not be charged with first degree murder, but it is only my opinion.