Posted on 02/23/2024 10:22:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
A man convicted of hitting and killing a couple as they walked to vote on Election Day in 2022 received a sentence of eight years in prison.
Miguel and Ana Ortiz were in a crosswalk holding hands when they were struck in Gaithersburg, Maryland, by Davinder Singh, who had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.
At sentencing Friday, the judge said she saw the video of the crash and called it horrific. She called Singh a very sick man.
He had been an alcoholic for years and had never been treated for the disease, prosecutors said. He was arrested for DUI twice before. In 2017, his blood alcohol-content was 0.30 — more than three times the legal limit.
After his indictment in the Ortiz case, Singh was found yelling at patrons in a restaurant and hospitalized with a BAC of 0.38, prosecutors said.
Miguel and Ana Ortiz were pillars of the community, according to their three children.
In court Friday, one of the couple’s sons read a statement saying, in part, “The death of our parents has left an enormous void. They were wonderful parents, pillars of their community. They wanted to spend their golden years with their grandchildren. We are emotionally scarred for the rest of our lives. We have been left to pick up the shattered pieces.”
Actress Amy Yasbeck raises awareness about heart condition that killed husband John Ritter Singh apologized in court Friday. He has been in jail for almost a year and will get credit for that time.
And yet she sentenced him to only 8 years.
The sentence will not be fully served for this county court decision. It is not federal.
“Maryland law provides that an inmate is generally eligible for parole, if: They have been sentenced to 6 months or more in a correctional facility, and they have served in confinement one-fourth of their aggregate sentence.”
He’ll be back on the roads.
If it says NBC, ABC etc. I don’t read it
No loss of license?
Amy Yasbeck sounds very committed, crashing an unrelated DUI court proceeding to raise awareness about heart disease.
Only 8 years is a travesty.
Alcoholism isn’t a disease.
Back in 2001, my brother was killed in California by a 19 year old Hispanic kid who was high on drugs and alcohol when he ran thru a red light and broadsided my brother’s car. The kid only got 4 years prison time.
In all fairness, if they were Democrats then they were going to vote either way.
So “Horrid” that she only gave him a slap on the weist for killing two innocent people.
The experiment of electing/appointing people to the judiciary based on their skin color, plumbing, WOKEness or other leftist philosophy has proven to be a failure.
When you hear about these things, the BAC is .2, .3, etc. It’s not the .06s that are tearing up the roads.
yup .... I have seen some folks driving who should have been dead from alcohol poisoning.
But I thought ...don't hurt me/ I won't hurt you ....
was kind of the foundation of the law.
Some folks are fine after a few drinks...some go in ditches ... I think we should wait to see who is who.
I agree. It isn’t.
Kill two people and get only eight years. That’s a crime in itself.
“Alcoholism isn’t a disease.“
Quite right. It if the people who say it is a disease really believe that then they’d conclude that these afflicted are a danger to others and themselves and must be institutionalized. But they don’t for some reason. This selfish monster will be out in short order and he will drink again.
Yeah why was that even relevant to this story? Why is the widow of John Ritter making statements at this proceeding? Was she related to the deceased family members?
Carry the death penalty when you kill someone while intoxicated or high. Enforce it a few times and people will start to understand that each time they drink or shoot up, they are now taking a risk. You’ll see this stuff clear up pretty quick... but then again this country doesn’t have the backbone to enforce anything unless it adds money to gov coffers.
And when he deliberately kills again, the people who let him out will not be held accountable for their grievous error in judgment and for endangering the public.
RE: And when he deliberately kills again, the people who let him out will not be held accountable for their grievous error in judgment and for endangering the public.
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