taxej@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-228 days agoShe fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license awaylemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkShe fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license awaylemmy.ziptaxej@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-228 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-west-portal-crash-driver-jail-time-no-contest-21352361.php
minus-squareXenny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-228 days agoWe 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.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-228 days agoShe was charged with 4 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, and she pled guilty; she just isn’t being punished.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoThis is the type of situation that mandatory minimum sentences are meant for.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoFully 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.
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.