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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: KLP who wrote (8475)1/7/2006 4:57:21 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541490
 
let's say you have a daughter. Some drunk driver hits her, and leaves her for dead in the road. She lives, but is badly brain damaged for the rest of her life.

The drunk has been drunk and has had three less serious charges before. Judge let's him off.

What say you now?


I'd say there is either some signifigant flaw in the case or in the judge, otherwise the driver shouldn't have been let off. Sure it wouldn't be murder 1, but it would be vehicular manslaughter or negligent homicide or something like that depending on the exact state law, also you would have the drunk driving charge and possibly others. If the cops or the prosecution mess up the person might go free, but otherwise they normally would no be "let off".

Tim
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