Old 10-27-09, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Taintkick
Your right i'm just guessing, if they didn't press charges after a 14 yr old got killed why would they press charges on this guy.
Because this was a hit and run, which is a crime in its own right.

And from that article, you have zero information regarding whether the other fatality involved any criminal misconduct, or whether the driver in the other incidient was even negligent, much less guilty of criminal misconduct.


I'm all for prosecuting driver's who kill cyclists as the result of criminal negligence. And certainly, if proven, and you can link the suspect to the crime, the guy here deserves to go to jail, and likely will.


However, it does no good for anyone to 1) get all worked up about things that haven't happened yet, and 2) to always jump to the conclusion that the Driver of the Car was at fault and should be thrown in jail.


Such kneejerk reactions just weaken credibility.
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