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Originally Posted by Starfishy
This is really very sad for the victims and families. However, I am a little bit surprised about how many people think the death penalty or life is appropriate here. Murder? I have yet to see the evidence that he had any premeditaion or intent to kill anyone here. Involuntary manslaughter would be a good charge perhaps? Is this his first offense?
I would like to see a person like this punished and rehabilitated. He made a very big mistake and showed very poor judgement, but I can't see any proof of intent here. From the limited information I have seen, this could very well be an 18 year old kid that made a very stupid mistake.
I assure you I feel just as awful as any of you do about the victims and the families.
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I agree, no death penalty. I'm not really in favour of that ever anyways. But as u said, an eyewitness claims this guy swerved and just missed him just prior to the actual accident. If that's true, seems like a fair bit of intent to me.
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