Why didn't they put him in jail???? Why did the cop "let him go"??? Ask the magistrate! It's not up to the officer to "put him in jail". The officer presents the defendant before the magistrate and the magistrate alone decides upon release or confinement. If the officer "after observing Holden must have thought he was sober", he wouldn't have arrested him! IDIOT! The fact that Holden "completed all his requirements and paid all the fines" of his previous DWI's is not revelant. The law is clear on previous DWI's. The fact he complied with the court's orders and judgements has nothing to do with the fact that he committed the crime again for his FOURTH time!