should they get sent to prison for life?
I am upset, I am sad, I am mad right now. I just learn my friend and band mate, Sandahl Burke, was killed in an accident last night. The driver of the other car was only slightly injured, but was found to be over twice the legal limit of intoxication.
People get down on me why am so against drinking in the first place. I have seen first hand what it has done to others. How can other that drink justify their careless actions? How to they justify the death of my friend?
2007-12-07 00:04:00 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
sorry to hear of your loss, my son was killed 17 years ago yesterday, by the buddy who was driving drunk, he substained minor injuries, my son's neck was wrung and broken by the shoulder harness, he was 20 yrs old. i wanted to shoot that boy who was driving and who attended my sons funeral, i could have filled additonal charges but the state had already filed mandantory charges. i guess what i am trying to say is yes they need to lock them up, but anyone can have an acciddent, so look inside your heart, we all still need to find forgiveness as well as justice. may peace be with you in these terrible times.
2007-12-07 00:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think there exists a sick bleeding heart mentality when it comes to some negligent person reaching for a cassette tape or CD to put in the car stereo while driving, or driving one-handed while having an argument with somebody on a cell phone, and as a result kills somebody because they are not paying attention. What happens is that the negligent driver is offered psychiatric counseling to get over their personal trauma, poor thing, while the family of the victim is totally devastated and will never be the same again.
Your example is easy. Yes, I believe driving drunk and killing somebody should be first degree murder. My point in bringing up a lesser example of vehicular manslaughter is to say that we are far too lenient, legally, with accidents. That's why many people drive like a bunch of aholes, because they can get away with it. We can start by not calling them "accidents." Let's face it, most "accidents" aren't accidents at all. Let's call them what they really are, "stupidities."
It would at least make for more honest traffic reports. "This is Jetcopter 4, we have a stupidity on southbound Highway 4, and an idiocy on Highway 20 near Podunk. We have a major moron incident with injuries blocking the East Numbchuck offramp."
Honesty is the best policy.
2007-12-07 04:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Seetheart, I am SO very sorry for your loss, and the world's loss of this person!
I was a Paramedic in New Orleans 15 years ago...I saw firsthand what you have described. So many times! And so many times it was the drunk person who didn't have the injuries, while the other people...well...I'd rather not say.
I am not against drinking, but, I will not drive after I've had only ONE beer. After being on the ambulance, my foot came OFF the accelerator the first day I worked on accident patients.
I have always wanted the people living it up, and getting drunk in a bar, to sit in the 'jump seat'(just an extra seat in the back of a van ambulance) of an ambulance for just a 12 hour 'run'. This just may wake them up!
This person should be charged with vehicular homicide, which is murder....I think that soon there will be legislation changing this type to a full 'murder' charge...it should be NOW!
Elysabeth Faslund...Poemhunter.com
2007-12-07 04:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by Elysabeth 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well even so with the information you provided no conclusion can be drawn that these people are/were illegal aliens. Why? Simple the study makes no mention of legal status. It only mentions people who drive with no license, with a suspended license, etc. Sure there are illegals that drive with no licenses, but that information is not available or can be drawn from these stats. It's impossible and the author of this article or whatever it is, is obviously trying to skew the facts. Not only that the author is assuming that 100% of illegals are driving...which we all know, is NOT true. Not all illegals drive, some take their bikes or other methods not a personal vehicle (and since more are poor, they cannot afford a vehicle) which makes me wonder whether this author is again considering all the possibilities, or just the ones he wants. Of course the fact that illegal alien drivers are driving is a cause of concern, but to say they are the #1 or huge factor contributing is silly and cannot be made without information that is currently not available.
2016-04-07 23:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gosh, That's hard.
I am sorry for your loss.
I know what you mean and I also share your opinion and think that the sentences should be a lot tougher for drinking related crimes. I like a drink on an evening and I think that anyone who does should think maybe I'll get a Taxi. Or if it is done on a weekly basis then you get together with the friends you go out with and take it in turns to drive. It's not difficult is it?!!
They also have to live with what they done, which can't be easy. I guess I always think if I did that would I be able to live with myself if I had an accident and injured someone. The answer to that is no so, for me, it's something I just don't do!
Take care.
2007-12-07 00:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by Woosie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I actually knew a drunk driver who killed a father while the man and his son were coming home from a boy scout trip. He did not get life in Prison, but he did get sent to prison. Life is not too harsh though. I believe it is premeditated murder, because you know that you are not capable of driving, which people do anyway. I saw throw the book at them.
I am also very sorry for the loss of your friend. I too have lost a good friend to a drunk driver.
2007-12-07 00:17:09 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa T (Stop BSL) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am against death penalty, as it is nothing more than state sponsored murder. two wrongs do not make a right. And killing the driver won't bring the dead back. Life in prison is sufficient.
BTW, when it just comes to DWUI, better wave serious jail time for offenders in Hollywood, who would star in the movies they make ?
EDIT: to everyone here *screaming* for death penalty, have you ever killed anyone ? just curious... you are also probaly for *three strikes* "law", there is a guy doing 25 for stealing a pair of jeans, his third offense... that will teach him...
Indiana gives MANDATORY 25 years for growing marijuana at home... a bit harsh, if you ask me...
Death penalty was abolished in Illinois after DNA evidence indicated ELEVEN death row inmates were innocent. How many innocent people have we executed so far, I wonder... ?
Is it OK to execute innocent people in the name of *justice* ?
2007-12-07 04:57:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am concerned there is no such thing as a drunk driving "accident".
You drink intentionally and you drive intentionally - neither of those things is accidental. Yes alcohol impairs your judgment - which is why people argue that it's an accident, but the reality is the before the alcohol even touches your lips you have the ability to make a decision as to whether to drink or not to drink. Anything that happens after that point is intentional and your fault.
I am sorry for the loss of your friend - I hope the bastard that did it not only rots in hell, but also rots in jail for the rest of their life. Bad decisions do not clear anyone of culpability for their actions.
2007-12-07 01:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by Susie D 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. They can't. There is no justification for what the other driver did. He/she should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. There is no excuse for drinking and driving. Either get a designated driver, call a cab or call a friend for a ride home. If none of these are possible then buy whatever it is you want to drink and sit your *** at home and do it.
2007-12-07 00:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It, at the very least is Manslaughter.
Since the person chose to take the actions that led to the death of another, it really is murder. Murder should be punished properly. Life imprisonment is the LEAST thing that should happen for a murderer.
Its just a pity that "life imprisonment" ends up being 20 years instead of life...
Drinking and driving is serious. It ruins lives and takes lives...
2007-12-07 00:11:35 · answer #10 · answered by Yun 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This happened to some of my friends, the bass player got it. They had played out our club. The driver had been at another club right down the street. What if it had been one of my customers? How could I reconcile that? In the end, the bands get paid because the patrons get drunk. What are you going to do? I think there should be free public transportation to all live music venues.
2007-12-07 04:31:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋