Originally Posted by
RichinPeoria
"Deputy District Attorney Mary Stone has used the letters and e-mails to request a lengthy sentence for the doctor.
She wrote to the court, “It is time that motorists learn that they must share the road with people on bicycles and that the courts will view assaults on cyclists by motorists as seriously as other assaults with deadly weapons.”"
well duh
Actually, while sad but true, what the judge said
needs to be said. I applaud her for saying it, even if it's obvious.
Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
So m uch for all the hang ringing threads and posts to the effect 1) he'll never get convicted, and 2) he'll never serve time.
The system often reaches the right result. It just takes some time, and our perception tends to be skewed because we don't always get the end of the story, or the conclusion gets much less attention than the original incident.
Let's just hope that the sentencing sets some kind of precedent.