Virginia’s Legal Aid Justice Center is suing the state in federal court to get rid of an old law that allows courts to label people as habitual drunkards and to lock them up for a year if they’re found in possession of alcohol. Sandy Hausman has that story.
Challenging a Law that Jails Alcoholics
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