Posted on 11/18/2004 1:03:01 PM PST by george wythe
A state appeals court upheld the 90-day sentence and DUI conviction of a former FBI agent involved in a wrong-way crash that left two brothers dead.
David Farrall, then still an agent, was driving drunk on Interstate 95 in November 1999 when he smashed head-on into Lauderhill brothers Maurice Williams, 23, and Craig Chambers, 19.
Florence Thompson, the victims' mother, said Wednesday's ruling from the 4th District Court of Appeal came as welcome news but also as a painful reminder of loss and what she sees as injustice.
"They found him guilty of drunk driving. ... He's guilty of manslaughter," she said, fighting back tears. "He should have gotten 15 to 30 years at least."
Farrall was acquitted of DUI manslaughter in 2002, in part, because jurors said the Florida Highway Patrol mishandled the investigation.
Immediately after the crash, the highway patrol publicly blamed the brothers for driving the wrong way down Interstate 95. The agency later changed its position.
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Bob Beckel, that you?
Take a look at my profile page and stop asking stupid questions.
Logic-challenged idiots do tend to follow you around, don't they, Xenalyte?
The poster you're reading is excepted of course. :)
We have a judge in my area, and she gives 30 days in county jail, minimum, for a 1st time DUI offense. Funny thing is, she was busted twice herself, in 2 different cities, and the whole thing just went away.
90 days and killed 2 people. What a joke. :(
The Florida Highway Patrol did botch the investigation. HOWEVER, they CLAIM they have made changes to stop the problem.
Keep in mind Broward County is where a DUI taskforce officer was caught lying on a police report to exact revenge on a local police chief. The result was most of his dui cases being similarly downfiled, plead out for non-dui charges, or just dropped.
Part of the problem in this case was a result of the FBI agent flashing his ID to divert attention from himself. Dead men tell no tails.
actually it was a pitcher of beer and chicken wings.
Just be thankful that justice NOT served is so abnormal that it is news, and not the other way around. This guy ditched the system. It's terrible, but rare.
I don't think that's what happened. Initially, the FHP concluded that the dead brothers' vehicle had been going in the wrong direction on the interstate. Since the dead guys were black and the FBI guy was white, the black community was then up in arms, screaming racism and whatnot about the FHP's conclusion. Sometime after the accusations of racism, the FHP changed its findings. Ultimately, the jury wasn't sure whether it was the dead guys or the agent who had been driving in the wrong direction, so the jury had to acquit.
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