To: The Texas State House, The Texas State Senate, and Governor Greg Abbott

Fighting Texas's War on Drunk and Drugged Driving

Stop giving the criminals more rights than their victims.

Why is this important?

In 2009 Texas changed the mandatory blood draw laws on fatality accidents. Leaving it up to the discretion of the investigating officer to decide. On November 11, 2010 my daughter Samantha Jill Rogers 17, and her best friend Delaney Rhea Mancil 15 were killed in an auto accident by a driver on the wrong side of the road. Our lives are forever changed. Because of an inexperienced Texas Trooper no blood was drawn. For which he was reprimanded for his handling of the investigation. To this day this person has gone on to cause numerous more accidents while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Hit and run, failure to stop and render aide causing severe injury to the woman he hit at 94 miles an hour while under the influence. He was charged with 2 counts of criminally negligent homicide in my daughters case and was no billed twice. He was just reissued his drivers license in September of 2011. This man took the life of our daughters, graduation, college, weddings, grandchildren yet to come because of one change in the law. Samantha was going to be a flight nurse, a strait A student and talented athlete. Her friend Delaney chose a career to become a pediatric oncologist. She also a straight A student and due to graduate early.
We are calling on our Texas Lawmakers to make mandatory blood draws without a warrant on all drivers involved in accidents causing serious injury or death. I am calling on our lawmakers to give the victims back their rights to justice. I do not believe their rights are being violated by giving blood. If they have nothing to hide they would not worry about it.