Old 07-22-13, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by B. Carfree
His health issues are of his own making and thus don't warrant any special treatment in my opinion. The death was the result of the killer's disregard for the laws governing the operation of motor vehicles. It doesn't exactly require significant intellectual prowess to realize that such reckless disregard dramatically increases the probability of harming or killing someone. I wish we would change our legal system to consider such acts as premeditated. This person is getting off with a slap on the wrist for his casual killing of a human being. I'm disgusted and the picture of him isn't helping me any.
I am normally as disgusted as you with such sentencing, but let us think about this one specific case (not joking either):

Two years of house arrest, may make this guy so bed ridden that he never drives again. I have images of a 800 lb guy that cannot even sit up in bed.
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