PROGRAM UPDATES Court Monitoring Report
40th Anniversary Issue and MADDvocate ® reboot The Court Monitoring Program is part of MADD’s Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, launched in 2006, which serves as our blueprint for reaching zero deaths and zero injuries caused by drunk driving. Every year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving releases a National Court Monitoring Report, along with reports from each state activating around the program. Each report is posted on madd.org/courts. The 2020 report shows 59% of drunk drivers are convicted of their charges. This nationwide average reflects observations and data collected by MADD court monitors in 15 states from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019. The conviction rate is lower than in 2018, when MADD’s court monitors noted an average 61% conviction rate. MADD also added three states — Arkansas, Colorado, and Maryland — to the Court Monitoring Program in 2019 to expand our reach into more courtrooms across the country. MADD anticipates that the COVID-19 Pandemic will influence the overall case outcomes related to mass closures of courts and halts to court proceedings. MADD plans to remain diligent during this time and continue to monitor the effect of the pandemic on case disposition rates. CLICK HERE to view the 2020 Court Monitoring Reports MADD published its 40th Anniversary issue of the MADDvocate magazine in December 2020. The MADDvocate, now an interactive online magazine, is filled with heartfelt articles that focus on tragedy and triumph, compassion, healing, and advocacy in action. In the 40th Anniversary issue, we featured our 40-year Fight for No More Victims and shared the most recent legislative initiative to equip all vehicles with advanced drunk driving prevention technology.
2020
THE PAST
YEARS
15 NATIONAL PRESIDENTS… ONE COMMON GOAL… REPRESENTING INNOCENT VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS
TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT INJURIES.
2019: 1 MILLION YOUTH REACHED MADD reaches over 1 million youth through the Power of You(th) program.
In memoriam of Nina Walker , elected as National President for the term of 2018-2020, but unable to serve. Nina, whose daughter, Ginger, was killed by drunk driving worked as a tireless advocate, a voice for the voiceless and a passionate volunteer.
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