• Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    16 hours ago

    Sentencing people to life in prison wont bring the dead back alive. He clearly didn’t intend to kill anyone and intentions matter. I don’t get the blood thirst here.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m not asking for blood, just his license. He’s demonstrated he is not capable of safe operation.

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      15 hours ago

      He killed 2 and injured 11

      The very fact that you’re having to ask why people want a bigger punishment for that says it all

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      15 hours ago

      Why should people be held responsible for killing other people!? You have a responsibility when you drive. To not kill people. It really shouldn’t be difficult.

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        14 hours ago

        In addition to the pending prison sentence, he must pay $2,500, complete 60 hours of community service and submit to quarterly drug testing as part of the plea deal. His driver’s license will also be suspended for nearly six months.

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        12 hours ago

        I’d say killing a person because you were drunk driving is worse offence than killing someone because you fell a sleep but neither of them are intentional. If he did this because he hates cyclists it would be a whole another story.

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          11 hours ago

          But why is it a worse offense? In both cases you have plenty of notice that you’re driving impaired. One could argue it’s worse for tired drivers because their judgement isn’t clouded by an intoxicating substance that impairs judgement.

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          11 hours ago

          even an accident this big deserves more unless it was outside his control

          if nothing else that license should be suspended way longer