A man in Hilo, Hawaii, has been convicted of 14 DUI offenses, and a judge will permit him to serve his jail time on weekends alone.

Technically, Hawaii has rather loose DUI laws. However, one point to realize is there is an interstate reciprocity with license suspensions and DUI arrests in the United States. If you are in Hawaii on vacation and arrested for DUI, your conviction will be held on the record of the license you currently hold in your home state.This can lead to issues down the line if that license is suspended or if you are arrested again for DUI somewhere else.

Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura handed down the sentence for Henry Moniz, Jr.'s felony habitual DUI conviction. The 63-year-old man will be serving jail time for over a year during a five-year probationary period. Moniz was driving with a suspended license, which resulted in a jail sentence as well, but this sentence will be served concurrently with his DUI sentence. 

Moniz faced up to 5 years in prison for his offenses. The light sentence may be partially due to claims he has a drinking problem resulting from post-traumatic stress in the Vietnam war, where he received multiple bronze stars, according to the Honolulu Advertiser. The judge apparently said this is no excuse for the behavior, but he apparently sympathized with the man's condition. 

All told, Moniz has 62 criminal convictions, including 4 felonies. He was arrested this last time at a DUI checkpoint on October 19.