God be with them and God be with our country because until this immigration issue is resolved..we will keep seeing crap like this. Outrageous.
They couldn't charge him with manslaughter? What's up with Florida anyway?
Perhaps we should use this example in the courts now. This will solve the frivolous lawsuit issue in a heartbeat.
We hear of stuff like this everyday, but this one is hard to believe. We have to get rid of some judges!
Are we going to imprison everyone who has a car accident?
Sounds to me like they ought to charge the owner of the truck.
You must know something that isn't in the article.
Nowhere does it say the driver was a migrant worker. Or an alien.
I post this every so often when the message seems relevant, sort of as a memorial to Mom, as well as to let people know what the justice system is really like.
December 5th, 2001, my mother, Shirley Norkunas, was killed in a car wreck. She was on her way to a Dr.'s appointment. The roads and weather were clear, it was about 9 in the morning, the place was just south of Superior, WI on State Hwy 35. She was driving north toward Superior.
A fellow named Thomas Frankot was heading south that morning, driving on a suspended license. He crossed into my mother's lane, she was killed instantly in the resulting crash.
Thomas Frankot lived. He is essentially judgement proof, with very few assets.
He, after much wrangling, finally pled guilty in September 2002 to driving after suspension and driving left of center.
Previous relevant citations (there are half a dozen or so others)
DWI.
DWI/OAS (Operation After Suspension)
OAS
No Valid License
OAR (Operation after Revocation)
OAR
That was six offenses BEFORE he killed Mom, so you know he was really in trouble this time.
Was he ever.
He was fined $363, license suspended for six months, and given sixty days to pay.
That's not even the funny part.
I checked again today, and he has not paid the fine, even though nearly three years, much less the sixty days have lapsed.
I asked the clerk of courts what happens when the fines aren't paid.
They suspend his license.
Now, that's justice for ya.
It's terrible that those young people lost their lives in such a tragic way. If it had been one of us driving they would have thrown us in prison for 50 years on 5 counts of vehicular homiside or manslaughter. This is just more proof that our judicial system is broken. These judges need to be removed.
Figures out to $130 for each life. That's more value than we put on humans in an abortion clinic.
FloriDUH is an incredible state. Vehicular manslaughter apparently doesn't carry much punishment. In November, two little girls were struck and killed in a crosswalk by a 22 year-old driver who ran a red light while (allegedly) talking on her cell phone.
The FloriDUH Highway Patrol has been investigating ever since but can't find a crime to charge the driver with.
Wanna kill somebody with a motor vehicle? Come to FloriDUH - it's practically a free crime!!!!
WTHIIWF?