- Jun 13, 2014
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It was a female in a Honda, around 3AM. Everybody on the road at that time of the morning is either going home from a nite job or drunk. And these two 300 pounders are riding around on a scooter when they should have been in bed. They are just lucky to be alive. What's the old saying, "nothing good happens after midnight."Im hoping the drunk driver wasnt one of our players
And these two 300 pounders are riding around on a scooter "
When will we start taking this crime, and yes DWI is a crime, seriously?
We despise murderers, rapists, et al but seem to have nothing but compassion for drunk drivers. Why?
When a person is killed by a drunk driver, there is no accident the driver knew full well what they were doing when they got in the car and yet many of us feel sorry for the perpetrator. Why?
Losing a family member to a drunk driver is one of my worst fears since it can happen to anybody at anytime and nothing ever changes.
Time to make DWI a capital crime.
As a former Public Defender, DUI homicides were the most difficult cases, BY FAR. The defendant is already distraught by his actions; he had no intent to hurt anyone. That's what makes this crime different than others, there was no intent to do harm, yet a life was taken and accountability must be had
The only difference between him, and your average DUI (no accident or death) is luck, pure luck. So, shouldn't the average DUI be sentenced like a DUI homicide when only luck separates the two?
Most painful, is when a DUI defendant kills his or own passenger. No amount of prison will make the defendant more remorseful, because he is already suffering the ultimate punishment. Prison will not make the defendant more remorseful. It will also not prevent future DUIs by the defendant, b/c he or she will never do it again. So, what amount of prison is appropriate:
life, because a life was taken;
No time, because the defendant has already suffered the ultimate loss
A few years, because that seems like an appropriate middle ground?
I really don't know. All I know is having seen these issues first hand: DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!
You just dropped $50 at a bar, spend the $10 on an uber.
The pothead speakethThis could get political in a hurry but I'm just going to say right here, right now that anyone who gets behind the wheel after drinking alcohol knows damn good and well they're impaired and shouldn't be driving. The moment they put the keys in the ignition and start the vehicle and start driving, they're putting a dangerous weapon into motion under the control of an impaired operator. They assume the risk of murdering someone by nature of their decision. Stop trying to make excuses for drunken driving. There are ZERO excuses for it.