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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Somehow this thread became a drinking and driving thread. While I do see how everyone got to this point. We should all be aware that this guy was not drunk. He was not convicted of drinking and driving, thus he is innocent of that.
This while may or may not be true, is the evidence that we have to look at/through if were are going to be playing the jurors.
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He hasn't been convicted yet? He goes to court on thursday, and both the witness reports, the fact that they have charged him with driving under the influence, and there have been police statements to the press today that there was alcohol involved. So ummm, he's not innocent of that, he merely hasn't been tried yet.
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
That said, reckless driving is a serious charge that will effect his whole life, knowing that he is a truck driver. He will more than likely lose his license for a long time, as well as go to high risk insurance making getting a job driving very hard once he gets his license back. I don't know how refusing a breathalyzer will effect him, but this guy is not going to be walking away scott free from any of this.
He may not get jail time, but his world has been turned upside down, and he also has to live with the fact that his actions led to the death of 5 people.
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I'm not too concerned about his life being turned upside down, since he took 5 lives, and I hope he wakes up every night screaming. I'm sorry I'm not more sympathetic, however he made a choice, whether it was to have a couple of pops and get into a cement truck. Or whether he merely decided to drive like an idiot, its irrelevant.
Frankly in this case a big part of the consideration of the punishment has to be involved around making an example of this guy to hold up for anyone else who thinks its ok to have a few pops, get into your car and turn it into a cruise missile.
I have no sympathy whatsoever for this person, it was all used up on the victims.