Re: [St] Justice finally? NOT!!! again

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Now that you have clarified your point of view for me,
I would honestly say I agree completely with every
point you make, and yes, $500 is ridiculous.

I had a very good friend have a bad accident, similar
to Adam's story, about a year ago. He survived, but
was really messed up. Old man dying of cancer and a
few hours post chemo ( absolutley should not have been
driving, IMHO that qualifies as driving while
impaired.... ) turned left in front of him. And I am
reasonably sure the old man wasnt penalized much at
all. No jail, minimal fine, if any, and his insurance
didnt cover squat for my friend...

John
> 
> If a driver kills another in a car-car accident that
> is deemed 
> Negligent Homicide then that person goes to jail
> (depending on the 
> state anywhere from 6-12 years for a single count
> first time offense) 
> and their insurance gets to pay the other drivers
> family a sh!t load of money.
> I'm sorry but it all boils down to the negligence
> stand point. The 
> offender caused the death though some act that
> showed negligence and 
> that lack of respect for another life needs to be
> punished. It 
> doesn't matter if Adam was on a bike, his
> motorcycle, in another car, 
> crossing the street on foot or driving a mack truck.
> This old woman 
> caused the accident that killed him because she
> could/or would not 
> bother to be responsible for her actions. End of
> debate.
> 
> My point is that it should have involved serious
> jail time and 
> serious fines, and I think the Judge was ass when it
> came to 
> sentencing in this case. Not because he looked at
> this old woman and 
> would not put her in jail for the rest of her life,
> not because he 
> took away her license permanently, but solely
> because he also reduced 
> the fine to a pitiful 500 bucks. I don't know what
> TX law allows as a 
> minimum fine for a vehicular homicide charge, but I
> believe its 
> something like 15-20000 thousand dollars up here. If
> the judge was 
> not going to throw her in jail, that is fine, but he
> should have 
> fined her more than 20,000 dollars!
> 
> That is my point, punishment did not fit the crime.
> I'm not saying 
> that it should be more for a rider than another
> motorist, I'm saying 
> the Judge went did not do his job in this case.
> And I think maybe it was because the guy was on bike
> as much as the 
> woman was old.
> 
> 
> JohnS
> A Dragon Ascending
> "Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"
> 
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