How many chances?

Apolonio Lopez has been arrested 10 times for drunken driving. April 2, he was driving without a license when he nearly crashed into a Bernalillo County (NM) sheriff's deputy on I25. How many more chances do you think he should get before they lock him up for good?

Serial killer Faryion Wardrip gets a new punishment trial courtesy of an unnamed federal judge. He/she says that Wardrip had an ineffective defense, and his death penalty must be overturned. Wardrip received the death penalty in 1999 for killing Terry Sims in 1984. Oh -- and he's serving three life terms for killing three other women. How many more chances do you think he should get before they mete out his just punishment?

Some Saginaw High School cheerleaders pulled what they thought was a funny prank. They urinated in some cold drinks then served them to their teammates. The worst punishment was an in-school suspension. They will not be allowed to participate in cheerleading events through the rest of this year, but they will be restored to full participation when school starts in the fall. How many more chances do you think they should get to poison their "friends"?

Officer Clayton Woods of the Dallas Police Department asked for time off to attend his grandmother's funeral. He was a little premature. Grandma hadn't died. Last September, he was suspended for 10 days for threatening to have his former girlfriend's children taken away by CPS. Three years ago, he was suspended for taking a city vehicle to see his former girlfriend in Mesquite. In 2004, he was suspended for using excessive force on a handcuffed prisoner. How many more chances do you think he should get to embarrass the department and cheat the citizens of Dallas?

Ross William Muehlberger went into a Hastings Book Store in Wichita Falls and shot up the coffee shop there. He wounded four women. Then he walked down the street and killed a man in a bar. Then he went home and killed himself. Muehlberger already had a charge of aggravated assault for stabbing two men at a park last October 19. He was on probation at the time of that crime for an aggravated robbery he committed in 2008. Last December 21, he was charged with aggravated assault against his girlfriend. If he hadn't done us all a favor and killed himself this time, how many more chances do you think he should have had?

Paris News funny for the day: Mary Madewell reported on a tea party held in town recently. The speaker at the tea party was Joan Mathis. Mary says she "spoke directly but witfully." I think Joan probably spoke "wittily," and Mary wrote "unwitfully."

"Man gets 10th DWI, nearly hits deputy." The Dallas Morning News; April 4, 2010; p. 3A.

"Judge rules against state in 1984 killing case." The Dallas Morning News; April 12, 2010; p. 3A.

"Cheerleaders' stunt: urine in sodas." The Dallas Morning News; April 9, 2010; p. 2B.

"Grandmother excuse didn't work." The Dallas Morning News; April 17, 2010; p. 2B.

"Man yelled 'white power' before firing." The Dallas Morning News; April 22, 2010; p. 4A.