text: what criminal charges can a person face for killing someone while drinking and driving?   my opinion is that someone that drinks & drives & takes a life deserves the death penalty. sorry to sound so harsh but my bro in law's cousin got hit by a drunk driver while she was driveing her taxi. she gave birth 2 months early & the baby died 2 weeks later & the guy killed the passenger in her car. so two lives i have no pitty for drunk drivers i dont care how damn good of a person you are. they can rott in hell.