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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 will never ever consider drinking and driving to be simply poor judgement, its the same to me as putting on a blindfold and firing a gun down a occupied street.
Diminished capacity is 0 excuse to me because you have the option to make other arrangements before you start drinking.
To me the act of getting plowed and getting into a car is a decision that you made, you have to live with that decision, whether its busting through someones fence or wiiping out a family.
We are hearing far to many cases of this bullsh$t, maybe people aren't learning even though we see anti drinking and driving ads in print radio and T.V.
To me this is outright murder, it's not first degree murder, but it is murder, and its not manslaughter. You made a decision to put other peoples lives in jeopardy and that's the decision that you have to live with.
Its simple, hey I'm going out drinking, maybe I should make sure I have cab money, or a buddy to pick me up, or a bus schedule.
And to another point, the minute that you take another person's life, then there has to be a harsh punishment element to any form of rehabilitation, and since we can't use the bull whip anymore then he should have his freedom taken away so that he can be haunted by his act for a good long time.
How many times in the last few years have we read about people who continually drink and drive?
Its way too many.