Drunk Driver get 15 years to life
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Drunk Driver get 15 years to life
Joseph Lynchard, a repeat drunk driver, just pled guilty to 2nd degree Homicide, for the death of Katherine Black, cyclist. Katherine had been standsing with her bike, 5 feet off the road, when Lynchard hit her. he had been drinking at his brothers' bar. His brother lost his liquor permit months ago. Lynchard has been sitting in jail for 2 years since the "accident". I personally saw Lynchard at a court hearing last year when I showed up with other members of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition to silently watch the proceedings. At his age and apparent health I expect he will die in jail.
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Originally Posted by N_C
Is his brother liable too, since he was serving alcohol after losing his permit?
Hella nice folks. I hope the civil suit leaves 'em all licking the insides of old cat food cans to survive.
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I completely agree. Sounds like the whole family needs a kick in the a$$.
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Originally Posted by N_C
Is his brother liable too, since he was serving alcohol after losing his permit?
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That's pretty f***ed up. However, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with cycling. Based on the description of the collision, I would call the woman a "bystander" rather than a "cyclist". In fact, if the same drunk driver had hit the same woman while was cycling on the road, I wouldn't be surprised if he received a lighter sentence.
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True, she apparently was off the bike at the time. No way to tell she is dead and he was way drunk. She had left the Santa Rosa Area and was riding back to Lake County, a rather hard ride. May have stopped for a rest. One thing that p%^&*d people off is that his tire tracks showed that he went 5 feet off the road to hit her. As far as Advocacy at every public hearing there was a group of cyclists in the audience, silently watching the proceedings. We all wore little day-glow bike pins. The Assistant DA prosecuting the case said our constant presence helped him. "No sweeping things under the rug now."
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This reminds me of Michele Young's murder[1] of CeCe Krone in Marin County. I believe the silent courtroom observer tactic helped stretch Ms. Young's too-short sentence; thanks for being involved in this case.
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1) I am not alone in equating vehicular manslaughter while inebriated or stoned with murder.
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Originally Posted by John E
This reminds me of Michele Young's murder[1] of CeCe Krone in Marin County. I believe the silent courtroom observer tactic helped stretch Ms. Young's too-short sentence; thanks for being involved in this case.
1) I am not alone in equating vehicular manslaughter while inebriated or stoned with murder.
1) I am not alone in equating vehicular manslaughter while inebriated or stoned with murder.
Penalties for drunk driving, even without affecting someone else, are nowhere near harsh enough, a 5 year driving ban, followed by having your licence cancelled, should be the bottom end of the scale. Of course after your licence is cancelled, you can apply for a learners permit, to start the process over. If you are caught driving during the ban, it's an automatic 2 years in prison, and the ban starts all over when you get out.
You start charging drunk drivers who kill someone with murder, and the ones that don't, with long term bans, and you will see fewer drunks on the road, maybe.
Around here, (Ontario, Canada) the police have a program called RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere), from the middle of November, until early January, they will pick a street, block it off to a single lane, and check every car going through. This year is the 30th anniversary of the program, and they still lay thousands of 12 hour suspensions (.050 - .079), and hundreds of DUI charges (.080 and over) every year, makes one wonder, why are people that stupid.
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Originally Posted by iana
Do you have any links to newspaper sites on this story?
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Originally Posted by ken cummings
I see I was not clear on that. The brother still had the permit at the time. The servers said they were worried about losing their jobs if they didn't serve the drunk. The boozer had multiple convictions.
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What is the law about intoxicated people being served alcohol at a bar? Especially if it is very clear the person is drunk? In Iowa it is against the law to serve or sell alcohol if a person is drunk. If it happens & the person is in an drunk driving related accident & there are injuries or deaths the place that served or sold the alcohol can be held liable.