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Does MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving have the right to effectively add to the fines and punishments metted out to those convicted of DWI?
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No, they don't have the right. But they are not the ones "adding to the fines and punishment", the court is setting the fines and punishment. It is the court that is ordering you to attend their program. And if it costs, you are required to pay.
If you are court ordered to attend counciling, you are responsible for paying for that counciling. Drunk driving, drug use, anger management, what ever it is, and what ever it costs, it is your responsibility to attend, and to pay, in order to comply with the court order. It doesn't matter if it is a one time lecture for $10, or months/years of meeting costing thousands of dollars.
It is not MADD (or any other group) that is adding to your punishment, it is the court setting attendance as part of your punishment. You are barking up the wrong tree, blaming MADD (or whomever).