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Meanwhile in next-door Lynn, MA, a 19 yr old is facing charges for drinking/driving in a crash that killed his 19 yr old girlfriend. Christopher Maxson was going 70 mph in a residential neighborhood, blew through a stop sign, and the car he was driving (with 3 other peers) collided with three parked cars and landed on its roof...his girlfriend's head hit the pavement and her body was dragged some 30 feet. Killed instantly.

Maxson, who is studying marketing at Salem State College, had previous incidents: pot possession, speeding, and public drinking next to a police station (one of his pals went in to report a hit-run accident and the teens Christopher was a part of were spotted behind the hedges next to pol. station parking lot, drinking. Brilliant.)

Maxson is facing various charges before the inevitable slap on the wrist he'll no doubt get.

In the above incident, Saugus High made every effort to make it a sober prom/boat cruise. Then the teens decided to head to the beach and drink themselves silly then drive back home at 7 am or so (after being up for over 24 hrs)

>>Caruso had a blood alcohol level of .02

The limit is .08 but it may have been a few hours since he started drinking...he was definitely up for at least 24 hours straight. The prom/cruise was “sober” but several teens chose to go drinking afterwards

“It’s like your life in this state is absolutely worth zero,”

Exactly. The collective does not need you. You are a serf. You are expendable. You are no more important than some little fetus in a womb. Fah!

If, however, an important person were to be injured (ex. someone named Kennedy) then the full weight of the law would come down on the perpetrator.

“A Breathalyzer test taken after the crash found Caruso had a blood alcohol level of .02 and blood tests did not detect alcohol in his system, Patten said. He was not charged with drunk driving, Lauranzano said”

And also... “Prosecutors say Caruso fell asleep at the wheel”

After “drinking themselves silly” I wonder what happened to the alcohol?

Where is there punishment for the crime. Judges are so stuck in the wrong mindset and are not willing to do their job and punish the person who committed the crime.

Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.

My son was in a DUI accident with minor injuries sustained by the passenger in his car. He received a 90 day jail sentence (for which he did the work release program), 5 years of probation, required weekly AA meetings (despite no prior traffic tickets of any kind), required DUI classes (he had to pay for both this and the AA classes), loss of drivers license for at least 2 years, court fees, attorney costs, fines, fees assessed by the city (I'd guess all totalled, around $20,000 dollars). He learned one hell of a lesson from this.

In a different case of DUI, a man hit a delivery van and killed the driver of the van. This occurred in the same city/county as with my son. The driver in this case, who killed someone, received less punishment than did my son (60 days in jail, 3 years probation, loss of drivers license for 6 months, no AA classes ((he had prior DUI's)), no DUI classes. His fines were less also). I guess it all depends upon how much you can afford for a good attorney.