Well you have to concede immediately that the FHP who was requesting the subpoena did not even interview him. (That’s police code for we don’t have anything even remotely close to what we need but we sure are curious)
Bottom line he was not arrested at the scene and they did not have enough evidence to even begin to look into a prosecution. Kudos to the DA to boot them out of his office and not succumb to the temptation of a media spectacle prosecution.
I only called foul when the FHP tried to push for something they clearly had no business looking into at that point. Thankfully with the help of the states attorney they dropped this nonsense and moved on.
Anyway we are both outsiders to this event but I’m glad to see this was put to rest without a fishing expedition trial.
I must admit I lost a lot of faith in the judicial system after watching the Duke rape case unfold. It sends chills up my spine to think what would have happened had the parents of those innocent kids not had the tremendous financial resources to fight that unjust prosecution. Those kids were facing life in prison all so a politician lawyer could get reelected. Rant off.
One has nothing to do with the other, their could have been (and I would argue that their clearly was) enough evidence to arrest the evening of the accident. Just because someone chose not to, doesn't mean the couldn't have or shouldn't have. If it were John Smith, they surely would have.
"Well you have to concede immediately that the FHP who was requesting the subpoena did not even interview him. (That’s police code for we don’t have anything even remotely close to what we need but we sure are curious)"
Really, I've asked for and received countless subpoenas for suspects that I've never interviewed. It was reported late this evening that Tiger was admitted as an overdose. It's tough to be driving a car legally when you're being treated for a drug/alcohol overdose.
"I only called foul when the FHP tried to push for something they clearly had no business looking into at that point."
If it's not FHP's business to look into vehicular crimes - DUI is a vehicular crime - then whose business is it, exactly? Tiger Woods was so incapacitated that he barely made it out of his own driveway. Had he made it out of his neighbor, or if he had run into a home, rather than a fire hydrant and a tree, who knows who or how many he may have killed.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2007 there were 15,387 deaths as a result of DUI accidents. According to the FBI, in 2007 there were 16,929 murders - less than a 1,000 more than DUI fatalities. DUI is a big deal. It's a crime rivaling murder in America.
What Tiger Woods has to do with the Duke rape case is completely lost on me.