It's true - Arizona has reduced the penalties for DUI convictions. Here are some of the highlights: The interlock requirement has been reduced from 12 months to 6 months (for first time non-extreme DUI.) The mandatory jail requirements have been modified / reduced.
There are a lot more changes in the new law. The legislature, without a public debate, removed the statutory right to jury trial for non-extreme DUI cases. However, all extreme DUI charges and all second DUI charges still have an automatic right to a jury trial. There may still be a right to jury trial in regular DUI cases under Arizona's common law. In any event, the jury trial has not disappeared - there will be a big legal fight to come on this issue.
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