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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
I am always amazed at how the posters on this site, by and large, feel this guy deserves the death penalty, or at least a very long time in jail. When it comes to Danny Heatley, who killed a human being by being completely reckless with his car, posters demand forgiveness. "Everyone makes mistakes." The majority opinion seems to be that living with the pain of killing his friend is punishment enough.
To me, they are very similar cases. Both deserve a jail time. It sounds like one will get it, and the celebrity is allowed to continue playing hockey without missing a beat.
Even McTavish spent his year behind bars.
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Heatley probably did deserved a tougher punishment, but the Heatley case shoudn't be the rule... it should be the exception.
There are also other differences. It was likely a case of boys being boys that ended in misadventure for one of the participants. Not nearly the same as drinking and driving, and slamming a truck into a whole family.. If the allegations of obstructing justice by throwing the vodka bottle out the window are true, that makes it even more cold than what Heatley did.