Judge Gary F. McKinley, shown here during the trial in March, told Dailyn Campbell, "I’m cutting you somewhat of a break here, and the court will get criticized for this," during Campbell's sentencing hearing yesterday for vehicular vandalism that left a man physically disabled and his friend brain-damaged.
Justice delayed is justice denied...but not during football season...
Two teenagers who pulled a stunt last winter that left a man physically disabled and his friend brain-damaged will each spend 60 days in juvenile detention, but not before they finish the upcoming high-school football season.
Dumbbutt judge. Football is a game. Life is real.
Ship the little buttheads off to the slammer.
And the judge still cut him slack? Ya know, it may not work, but the locals should push hard for an impeachment attempt. The judges supposed handwringing does not mitigate a ridiculous decision.
Just win, baby.
I'm sure its not the first lesson these two have gotten in "the privileged life of a jock" genre.
Wait a sec while I pick my chin up from the floor......
The judge knew his decision was bad when he said he would be criticized.
If I was in the courtroom, I would have said something and then found in contempt. I would have wanted to see how my punishment for contempt would have compared to what these two football players got.
Sad to say since I'm not big on lawsuits, but I hope the victims families are suing the football players families.
Football IS a relgion and the stadium IS the church.
No surprise here.
If there was true cosmic justice the little thugs would be crippled during the games they were let off to play. As for brain damage it appears they already are...
If there was real justice in Ohio (or anywhere else), these two delinquents would be forced to pay for the hospitalization costs of their victims as well as the financial loss they will suffer for their probable inability to hold a job. Sixty days in jail, community service, and a few "boo hoo, I'm so sorry" statements are scant comfort to the victims, much less true justice. Allowing these punks to play football is but another slap in the face of the victims.
I heard that Ohio State immediately offered them scholarships.
When I see cases like this, I am reminded of how Japanese justice is (or was). If one permanently injures another in their society, that person is responsible for the care of the person they wronged for the life of that individual. Making these two pay for the care and treatment of the injured parties would serve them a just punishment but here in the US they get away with a slap on the wrist. If the kid is that good in football, he's just about five years away from a significant cash windfall and the ones he wronged should be compensated for it.
Stupid is as Stupid does!!!
We can expect further return engagements to the courtroom for Campbell after this travesty.
"I shouldn’t even be doing this,"
Yet, he still did what he knows is wrong!
Their "prank" was irresponsible and did pose some risk of danger to drivers, but they had no way of knowing that a driver would be driving so recklessly that they would swerve off the road and roll their car to avoid the painted decoy deer.
Their actions did contribute to the accident, and they bear some responsibility.
However, the majority of the responsibility for what happened lies with the driver.
The vast majority of outrage about this incident isn't because of the prank that they performed, but because of the severity of the accident, and if the driver was operating the vehicle safely there would not have been an accident. At worst the driver would have done some relatively minor damage to his vehicles when striking the decoy.
They are getting 60 days locked up and 500 to 1500 hours of community service. That's not exactly a slap on the wrist.
The kids need to take responsibility for what they did, but they don't deserve to have the responsibility for mistakes of the driver layered on top of them that were not reasonably foreseeable.
Deer and other animals jumping out in front of a car on a rural road is not exactly rare. In this case the fake deer was even stationary.
The foolish "pranksters" should not have done this, and may should have possibly foreseen that they were putting drivers at some risk of damaging their cars, but I can't see how an accident of this magnitude would result if the driver were driving safely and was in control of the vehicle.
The driver is paying a heavy price for his part in the accident. The passenger is paying an even higher price.
It's a very sad situation.
As for delaying the sentence. Team sports can have a positive influence on many people, and while they are busy with practice and games, they aren't out getting into trouble.
A football scholarship may also be these kid's only real hope of going to college. There's no point in ruining their futures.
I feel sorry for the parents of those who were injured. I'm sure they have been through a terrible ordeal, but the Judge's duty is to make sure that the sentencing is just, not to satisfy the anger of the driver's parents especially when a portion of that anger appears to be misplaced.
It was basically a prank, with tragic consequences.
-Eric
If it were my relative they'd injured, you can be d*** sure he'd have held me in contempt after announcing that sentence.
This has GOT to be a hoax.
No?
What is the penalty for derailing a train?