With DWI sentencing in the 3 most lenient sentencing levels, Level 5, 4 and 3, its still true that the punishment increases greatly between levels even though, normally, active jail time is not going to be imposed in most courts, although not unheard of. Landing on a more lenient level can mean less community service hours, less fines, and less exposure to possible jail time should the suspended sentence get activated. To get to a level 5 the mitigating factors must outweigh