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Originally Posted by REDVAN
It's sad that someone died, and the person responsible doesn't have to rot in jail- HOWEVER- you can believe that the guilty person will feel bad everyday for the rest of their life, knowing that someone died as a result of them. How would you live with that thought? I know it would haunt me each and every day and I would require serious mental health support.
And, also: not to defend the guilty person, but he was guilty of manslaughter.
Manslaughter is much, much different than MURDER, which is what a KILLER does. A manslaughter-er is not a killer IMO. Somewhat sensationalist title for the linked article.
edit: A manslaughter-er is not a killer IMO... I should say "A manslaughter-er is not neccessarily a killer IMO", because I guess it is possible, but I'd hate to paint every manslaughter-er with the killer brush. It could have been a terrible accident. |
I agree with you on a lot of points. I can't say I'm familiar with this case but according to the article one of the conditions of his parole are alcohol restrictions which leads me to believe that alcohol may have been a factor in the accident. Driving 10 over the speed limit, hitting some black ice and losing control is much different than getting hammered and plowing into a group of people. Without knowing such details it's hard to say how much the justice system has failed, or not failed.