# I'd like to sock him in the nose!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-sock-him-in-the-nose/790195>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-sock-him-in-the-nose/790195 "2017-06-30T13:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-sock-him-in-the-nose/790195/21 "2017-07-01T00:25:29Z")

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> [@Iggy](#):
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> The offender in our family’s case did pretty much the same thing. Got out of jail from previous DUI and went straight out to get drunk to celebrate. Then he got in his truck, drove, and killed my loved one later that day. Wasn’t out of jail even 12 hours. BAC more than twice legal limit.
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> I understand that it is a near impossibility to force an addict to actually want to reform. But the court and parole board could have made participation in rehabilitation efforts a condition of receiving preferential treatment (good behavior time/parole). They didn’t.
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> So I could understand a sort of vigilante desire on the part of a victim or a victim’s family to take extra-judicial measure to be sure such an addict never got drunk or high ever again.

I’m sorry to hear that this happened. I hope the laws in your area have changed such that this can’t happen now. ☹

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