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‘Enormous Void': Man Gets 8 Years for Drunken Driving Crash That Killed Couple on Their Way to Vote
NBC Washington ^
| 2/23
| Paul Wagner
Posted on 02/23/2024 10:22:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
And yet she sentenced him to only 8 years.
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posted on
02/23/2024 10:39:20 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(HeStarve the Beast and steal its food.)
To: nickcarraway
I am not a big fan of the lower and lower BAC levels that will get you arrested ...
But I am in favor prosecuting people who are a danger to others.
8 years...?
No ... no .... no ...
keep him off the street
He didn't “accidentally” drive drunk out of his mind.
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posted on
02/23/2024 10:45:02 PM PST
by
1of10
(be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
To: Fai Mao
The sentence will not be fully served for this county court decision. It is not federal.
“Maryland law provides that an inmate is generally eligible for parole, if: They have been sentenced to 6 months or more in a correctional facility, and they have served in confinement one-fourth of their aggregate sentence.”
He’ll be back on the roads.
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posted on
02/23/2024 11:10:48 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: nickcarraway
If it says NBC, ABC etc. I don’t read it
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posted on
02/24/2024 12:08:02 AM PST
by
albie
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/24/2024 12:23:01 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: nickcarraway
Actress Amy Yasbeck raises awareness about heart condition that killed husband John Ritter Singh apologized in court Friday. He has been in jail for almost a year and will get credit for that time. Amy Yasbeck sounds very committed, crashing an unrelated DUI court proceeding to raise awareness about heart disease.
To: nickcarraway
Only 8 years is a travesty.
Alcoholism isn’t a disease.
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posted on
02/24/2024 3:01:43 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
To: frank ballenger
Back in 2001, my brother was killed in California by a 19 year old Hispanic kid who was high on drugs and alcohol when he ran thru a red light and broadsided my brother’s car. The kid only got 4 years prison time.
To: nickcarraway
In all fairness, if they were Democrats then they were going to vote either way.
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posted on
02/24/2024 3:31:44 AM PST
by
FLvoter
To: nickcarraway
So “Horrid” that she only gave him a slap on the weist for killing two innocent people.
The experiment of electing/appointing people to the judiciary based on their skin color, plumbing, WOKEness or other leftist philosophy has proven to be a failure.
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posted on
02/24/2024 3:50:11 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
To: 1of10
When you hear about these things, the BAC is .2, .3, etc. It’s not the .06s that are tearing up the roads.
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posted on
02/24/2024 4:06:38 AM PST
by
Fido969
To: Fido969
“BAC is .2, .3,”
yup .... I have seen some folks driving who should have been dead from alcohol poisoning.
But I thought ...don't hurt me/ I won't hurt you ....
was kind of the foundation of the law.
Some folks are fine after a few drinks...some go in ditches ... I think we should wait to see who is who.
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posted on
02/24/2024 4:25:01 AM PST
by
1of10
(be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
To: MayflowerMadam
Alcoholism isn’t a disease.I agree. It isn’t.
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posted on
02/24/2024 4:31:40 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: nickcarraway
Kill two people and get only eight years. That’s a crime in itself.
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posted on
02/24/2024 6:01:52 AM PST
by
TalBlack
(I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: MayflowerMadam
“Alcoholism isn’t a disease.“
Quite right. It if the people who say it is a disease really believe that then they’d conclude that these afflicted are a danger to others and themselves and must be institutionalized. But they don’t for some reason. This selfish monster will be out in short order and he will drink again.
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posted on
02/24/2024 6:06:27 AM PST
by
TalBlack
(I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: Angelino97
Yeah why was that even relevant to this story? Why is the widow of John Ritter making statements at this proceeding? Was she related to the deceased family members?
To: nickcarraway
Carry the death penalty when you kill someone while intoxicated or high. Enforce it a few times and people will start to understand that each time they drink or shoot up, they are now taking a risk. You’ll see this stuff clear up pretty quick... but then again this country doesn’t have the backbone to enforce anything unless it adds money to gov coffers.
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posted on
02/24/2024 7:33:26 AM PST
by
Marko413
To: frank ballenger
And when he deliberately kills again, the people who let him out will not be held accountable for their grievous error in judgment and for endangering the public.
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posted on
02/24/2024 7:40:12 AM PST
by
glennaro
(Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
To: glennaro
RE: And when he deliberately kills again, the people who let him out will not be held accountable for their grievous error in judgment and for endangering the public.
Excellent plot idea in the novel by the late lawyer Erika Holzer (friend and writer protege of Ayn Rand) Eye for an Eye. Also made into a movie in 1996. 12 step style grief group of people whose loved ones were murdered with the killer going free after trial. Roomful of them. Secret inner group tells woman: “We’re kind of sticklers for justice since you can’t count on the system to provide it.”
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posted on
02/24/2024 11:55:48 AM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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