The process of passing a new law can be a lengthy one. In some instances the process can be hastened, by the tireless efforts made by someone who is close to the issue, specifically a loved one (Hampson, 2013). In regards to the case of the proposed ‘Amelia’s law’, this was just the case. Amelia Keown was a sixteen year old junior at William Blount High School, in Blount County, Tennessee, who was killed in a car crash in 2012, which was caused by an inebriated career criminal on parole (Davis, 2014). This is thought by many to have been a senseless and potentially avoidable death, especially the thoughts of Amelia’s family. This sentiment is what prompted her parents and grand-parent’s to act, because they did not want
