"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:08:57 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

He's right. DWI is intentional and premeditated. Murder, in other words.

And by right, he should have his balls nailed to the floor, given a
butter knife and told he's free to leave anytime he wishes.


Perhaps that's coming soon. I recall when people got away with this sort
of thing and received a sentence that was equivalent to nothing.

When I was living on Long Island, I was acquainted with a bunch of Nassau
County highway cops because the store where I worked did CB radio work for
them. One of the cops was writing a ticket on the LIE one night when some
drunk hit him. Somehow, the guy's bumper snagged the cop's belt, dragging
him for about a mile. The belt finally broke, leaving the cop on the side
of the road. A few CBers followed the drunk off the highway and onto a
side road. For some reason, they didn't kill him.

The funeral was definitely a closed casket affair. The drunk got 6 months
of community service, working in an emergency room, and had his license
revoked.

Some justice.


Yes justice is blind. Here in California, a young driver ran over and
killed a pedestrian while drunk. Got 25 years in prison. Same city and a
off duty cop with a blood alcohol level of .20 runs over and kills a person
in a crosswalk. Got 1 year in the pokey. Judge said, he was suffering
enough, he lost his job, and the family lost it's bread winner.
Some justice.