According to the Reno Gazette-Journal:

"The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday revoked the licenses of three people convicted of killing or injuring someone while driving drunk after a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation found that they had been allowed to drive too soon.

The Gazette-Journal investigation found that at least nine of the 113 people convicted of DUI causing death or substantial bodily harm since 2000 had a license despite a 1997 law prohibiting them from driving for three years after being released from prison.

Some were revoked for only 90 days and others for one year.

The DMV blamed some of the mix-ups on the courts, saying that they had not received notice of the convictions. In other cases, the DMV said the Department of Corrections and the Division of Parole and Probation had not updated the offender's status.

Following the Gazette-Journal story on Jan. 17, the DMV sought advice from the Nevada attorney general on whether to revoke licenses in the cases where mistakes were made, Jacobs said.

The agency was told to take the licenses, he said."

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