Murder is illegal unless committed with a car. In my country we have “vehicle murder” which carries a shorter sentence than a 1st degree voluntary murder but it’s still ≈10 years behind bars. The US should do something similar
We do sort of have that. It’s called manslaughter. Under normal circumstances, this woman would have been charged with several counts of manslaughter and would be in prison with her license revoked.
Murder is illegal unless committed with a car. In my country we have “vehicle murder” which carries a shorter sentence than a 1st degree voluntary murder but it’s still ≈10 years behind bars. The US should do something similar
We do sort of have that. It’s called manslaughter. Under normal circumstances, this woman would have been charged with several counts of manslaughter and would be in prison with her license revoked.
She was charged with 4 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, and she pled guilty; she just isn’t being punished.
This is the type of situation that mandatory minimum sentences are meant for.
Fully agree. Discretion needs to be removed from those who leave this kind of thing unpunished.
I believe where I live those mandatory sentences are merely guidelines for judges though. Their word is law.