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Dallas woman gets three years for drunken driving wrecks (SHREVEPORT, La)
Associated Press ^
| Aug. 26, 2004
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/26/2004 8:50:00 AM PDT by Dubya
SHREVEPORT, La. - A Dallas woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for the deaths of a Karnack, Texas, couple in a drunken driving accident more than two years ago.
Janis Cooksey, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide. State District Judge Ramona Emanuel sentenced her Wednesday to 10 years in prison, with seven years suspended, and five years of probation after she is released.
Each count carried up to 20 years in prison.
Police said Cooksey passed out behind the wheel of her automobile on the night of June 24, 2002, causing the vehicle to cross the center line and strike another vehicle in Caddo Parish.
Noretta Bennett, 42, and husband Clifford Bennett, 36, were killed in the collision.
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Information from: The Times, http://www.shreveporttimes.com
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alcohol; cryanditsok; demjudge; drunkmurderer; femalejudge; theweakersex
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posted on
08/26/2004 8:50:01 AM PDT
by
Dubya
To: Dubya
Nice!
Assuming her victims would have lived to be 80, she's giving up one year for every 27 years she stole from them.
What a bargain!
2
posted on
08/26/2004 8:59:17 AM PDT
by
Egon
(Kerry in 1970: Don't suppose he voted FOR assasinating our leaders, before voting against it...)
To: Egon
Yes she sure did get a bargain.
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posted on
08/26/2004 9:00:46 AM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
What a crock! What makes driving drunk so special that it can be sentencedc to lighter sentences? Weak-kneened liberal judges piss me off.
4
posted on
08/26/2004 9:20:46 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
To: Dubya
The sentence ought to qualify for criminal negiligence.
5
posted on
08/26/2004 9:40:40 AM PDT
by
Spirited
To: Dubya
Kill two people and get three years. How nice.
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posted on
08/26/2004 9:44:49 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: vpintheak
"What makes driving drunk so special..." "Janis Cooksey, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide."
"Police said Cooksey passed out behind the wheel of her automobile on the night of June 24, 2002,..."
It is interesting that any reference to the court and police records by the reporter does not mention anything about "driving drunk."
Important details have been left out of this article about the woman's legal issues to come to any conclusion that she was "driving drunk."
7
posted on
08/26/2004 10:03:34 AM PDT
by
tahiti
To: tahiti
So you know people that regularly pass out behind the wheel from being tired? I don't, behind some far and wide stories about people being tired because they don't get enough sleep. I do believe that alcohol was involved here.
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posted on
08/26/2004 10:39:45 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
To: vpintheak; tahiti
"So you know people that regularly pass out behind the wheel from being tired? I don't"
People fall asleep behind the wheel all the time, but the first line of the article says she was drunk at the time so I don't think that applies in this case.
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posted on
08/26/2004 12:18:25 PM PDT
by
monday
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