Posted on 10/29/2010 8:21:11 AM PDT by Buffalo Bob
CONROE, Texas — Montgomery County jurors sent a message that drunk driving in the county will not be tolerated.
George Harvey, 59, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a jury thought eight convictions for driving while intoxicated was too many to let him back on the streets.
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If he had been in Travis county, he would have gotten probation.
That’s because the judiciary and legsilatures identify with the drunk driver.
I would have given him 3 convictions.
Drunk drivers kill innocent people. It is no different than stepping out in the street with a loaded gun and firing at random. He should have been sentenced to 10 years for the second offense, 20 years for the 3rd and life for the fourth. My family is out on those streets and I would like them home safe at the end of teh day.
I don't disagree. There's a lot of people who when they read of horrific crashes caused by drunk drivers think to themselves, "There but for the grace of God..."
Drunk drivers kill people. They are threatening the lives of everyone who is on the road with them. It's no diffent than if the closed their eyes and fired a gun at random.
“There’s no way to argue it. Drunk driving is something people don’t want treated too harshly lest they get busted themselves.”
A first conviction with a marginal BAC is one thing, but repeated convictions with high BAC are another. Such people are a real, known danger to everyone else on the road - an accident waiting to happen.
And that’s just the 8 times he got CAUGHT. It’s not as if the guy only did it 8 times, and unluckily was caught every time. He’s got to be a constant menace on the roads. Risking manslaughter every time.
This man has repeatedly gone out an been a death threat to everyone on the road at the same time and you want to argue symbolism over substance. Drunk drivers kill innocent people.
It is very different and a ridiculus anaology!
Mike
I'm saying that we could call it "20 years" instead of "life" to make MichaelP happy - and the substance would still be the same: a dirtbag locked up in prison for life.
It is a valid analogy because it involves blatant disregard for the lives of others.
Mike
In Minority Report they were convicted before committing a crime. DUI is a crime.
He is being sentenced for crimes already committed.
So what about the millions of Americans who drive EQUALLY IMPAIRED while using their cellphone.
Not at all.
A vehicle is an extremely dangerous weapon.
If you get hit in the face by a .44 slug or by the grill of a pickup going 50mph, you're just as dead.
GPS ankle bracelet and court-ordered to only take public transportation? If he starts moving faster than running speed he’d better be able to show he was on public transportation, or it’s back to jail for another few years just for driving a car (whether drunk or not).
I'm saying that we could call it "20 years" instead of "life" to make MichaelP happy - and the substance would still be the same: a dirtbag locked up in prison for life.
Did you read your response before posting? You say the substance would be unchanged a dirtbag locked up for life but it would be better to say "20 years" rather than "life". That is exactly the definition of arguing symbolism over substance.
methinks thou dost protest too much
cheers.
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