How is this murder?

[highland145]

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[WackyDan]

So does that mean everyone who drives drunk is guilty of murder? Not vehicular homicide or manslaughter?

They better hope murder is the charge if they kill a member of my family as the safest place for them will be in prison.

Seriously. I fucking hate drunk drivers and especially the repeat offenders.

 

[Brian Stirling]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=29960152



This wasn't a "normal" DUI.

Under those circumstances I don't know what other charge would be appropriate!


Brian

 

[Slew Foot]

Bullet in the head is too good for him

 

[bradly1101]

One word: Chappaquiddick

Maybe this guy wasn't powerful enough.

 

[drebo]

People in the US are way too lax when it comes to drunk driving.

If you get caught drunk driving once, you should lose your license forever. Period. If you get caught again, you should go to jail for years. If you get caught a third time, death penalty. This should go for any form of DWI.

Driving is not a right and it requires you to be responsible. If you cannot be responsible while driving, you should not drive. There is no excuse.

 

[edro]

People in the US are way too lax when it comes to drunk driving.

If you get caught drunk driving once, you should lose your license forever. Period. If you get caught again, you should go to jail for years. If you get caught a third time, death penalty. This should go for any form of DWI.

That's too extreme considering 50%+ of Americans drink alcohol on a regular basis.
Most of these people drink it in social situations (dinner, parties, etc.).
Our infrastructure is such that you must drive to these social events (not many trains or buses).
Thus, if you drink socially, you are very likely to drive under the influence to some degree.
This amount of influence is highly dependent on your size, metabolism, amount consumed, duration, etc.
Even if you have 1 beer with dinner and drive home 2 hours later, you will be influence ever so slightly.
This is why there are laws that set the limit.
Most people are responsible enough to drink very little. The laws are such that the limits are extremely low (.08 in most states).

I think the laws are fine the way they are and society agrees with me.

 

[purbeast0]

i really can't stand when people call things like this an "accident". it was far from an accident. it was some dipshit driving drunk out of choice.

in general i hate how "car accidents" are called that. 99% of car "accidents" aren't accidents at all. they are someone being a fucking moron while driving a pile of metal weighing over a ton that could have easily been avoided had that idiot just been paying attention.

 

[Clemenza]

Most likely they have a "depraved heart" or "depraved indifference" statute in which unusually reckless behavior gives rise to the mens rea to be charged with murder, which is probably a variation of 2nd degree. Some states actually call it "depraved heart" murder and have a specific murder charge for it.

 

[NesuD]

Prosecutor argued depraved indifference. If he proves that theory and it looks like he did then it is murder. Fact that he was drunk no longer has any bearing at this point. This was murder due to depraved indifference. Even if he was cold sober and committed the exact same act it would still be murder due to depraved indifference.

Case Closed one more a##hole that will never see the light of day again.

 

[drebo]

That's too extreme considering 50%+ of Americans drink alcohol on a regular basis.
Most of these people drink it in social situations (dinner, parties, etc.).
Our infrastructure is such that you must drive to these social events (not many trains or buses).
Thus, if you drink socially, you are very likely to drive under the influence to some degree.
This amount of influence is highly dependent on your size, metabolism, amount consumed, duration, etc.
Even if you have 1 beer with dinner and drive home 2 hours later, you will be influence ever so slightly.
This is why there are laws that set the limit.
Most people are responsible enough to drink very little. The laws are such that the limits are extremely low (.08 in most states).

I think the laws are fine the way they are and society agrees with me.

Call a cab or don't drink if you can't handle your shit.

There's no excuse, and your convinience is not an excuse to endanger other people.

 

[IEC]

Some of these mofos go free others get 15 years? Judicial system relies too much on these psyco judges..

In Texas, the jury decides the sentence (within statutory guidelines).

 

[KeithP]

Thompson was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.22, almost three times the legal limit of 0.08.

So if he was a woman, and had sex, being that drunk it would be rape. And it wouldn't matter what else he did or said, he would be legally incapable of giving consent.

However a man that gets that drunk, receives full weight of the law just like a completely sober man would.

Don't get me wrong, I think the guy is a scumbag and glad he received the sentence that he did. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of the law. Of course, that is certainly nothing new.

-KeithP

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So if he was a woman, and had sex, being that drunk it would be rape. And it wouldn't matter what else he did or said, he would be legally incapable of giving consent.

However a man that gets that drunk, receives full weight of the law just like a completely sober man would.

Don't get me wrong, I think the guy is a scumbag and glad he received the sentence that he did. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of the law. Of course, that is certainly nothing new.

-KeithP

You do realize there's a difference between being in a state of poor judgment/self-control, and doing something to a person in a state of poor judgment/self-control, right?