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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
What was different from Heatley?
ROR could have easily killed multiple people if somebody was out front of that building.
IMO there should be severe consequences anytime somebody gets a DUI, whether somebody dies in the accident or not.
Why should the punishment be less because you hit an empty building and nobody was hurt, and somebody hit a full building and kills somebody gets way more punishment.
The act was identical and IMO both should be punished severely.
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While I agree that ROR was extremely lucky that the consequences of his actions weren't more dire, he didn't actually kill anyone. That is a big difference. Getting a DUI is different from vehicular manslaughter or whatever charge that may be laid, even if the issue started with the same horrible decision making. The ramifications of that decision making absolutely make a difference in the punishment.
Unfortunately, this is just a spot on the continuum of dumb decision making. Ferland got drunk and punched a guy, Kane was a dick to a cabbie, Heatly got drunk (?) and killed his passenger and friend, MacT killing a woman with his car. Each different level of dumb, and to my knowledge none resulted in the end of a career, warranted or otherwise.