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Originally Posted by calculoso
The fact that he got a 10 year sentence says a lot.
That he isn't even serving half of it says even more.
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Fair enough. I'm not arguing that it's too little of sentence (If he got a 3 year sentence then we'd argue it was too short but I'd be fine if he was let out now), I guess I just don't like him being called a killer. I don't know the specifics, and maybe he was drunk off his mind, in which case that sentence is way too short and he should also lose his licence. But it sounds like only restrictions were placed, so I don't know the details.
I just think of it like this: if I had two or three drinks one night, so enough to feel it but be under the limit- basically like half the population does, and then drove and someone stepped out onto the sidewalk, then I am labeled a drunk driving killer.
Yes I had a drink or two, but in no way would I have been able to prevent the incident, even if I had been sober.
No matter what happens, I look like a bad guy because I ran someone over.
It's a very interesting and weird thing to think about, because things can happen just like that sometimes. As bad as it is for the victims, sometimes it can be just as bad for the alleged perpetraitors.