Seems fair to me.

Graycap23 said:

whistle said:

if i killed 5 people, i'd be worried about getting the electric chair.

4 an accident?

5 people are dead. what do you wanna do, say 'oops!' ?

JustErin said:

Thanks 4 the replies.

It appears that the general concensus is that the sentence is fair.

[Edited 11/8/10 7:43am]

She'll be eligible for parole 18 years, no?

Seems harsh, initially fleeing the scene could be put down to panic, but pre-meditated cover-up thereafter is criminal.

DesireeNevermind said:

^

First off.....I'm not here to discuss race issues and am well aware of how anything to do with race automatically gets dumped into P&R. I only brought up race once because the original poster asked the question of fairness with regard to prison sentences these two women received.

All possibilities and theories of why these women got such lengthy sentences and if such sentences are fair should be and are being addressed. Quite frankly, I don't understand org policy which puts anything to do with race into P&R. I didn't know race was political....thought it was a factor of birth. Why not change the name to PFRG? Politics, Faith, Race and Gender. At least that's clear.

Also, what's this attitude about "if I want to start a race thread go to P&R" as if P&R is some dead zone of a forum or as if I'm constantly bringing up race in each of my posts which I clearly didn't. I mentioned it once then Graycap responded with understanding and it was done for my part until empress, pickles and kpowers decided to continue talking about race. I have no problem responding to anyone on here and if the issue of race continues then WE ARE ALL continuing it.

For my part I've addressed everything from the possiblity of racial bias to the reality that the girl fled the scene and caused herself to receive a harsher sentence to the question about the sideswiper. sheesh!!!!

I'm responding to you Luv because you replied to MY posts so I'm presuming you have a problem with me mentioning these women being black and the inequality of the justice system in the south...which again....I brought oup one time.

See.

peb319 said:

i cant tell.. on the one side it seems harsh, but then..

when you do wrong you have to make it right

here in the tampa bay area a dentist, his wife, and a friend where going home after a halloween party..they'd been drinking, at least the driver had..

he lost control of his vehicle and jumped a curb, struck 3 pedestrians, and killed 2 of them..

posted $119,000 bail, and DROVE home..

my son has 4 years left to serve on a 5 year prison term for

resisting arrest with violence..luckily he didnt hurt anyone but himself while resisting but still..

he didnt kill anyone drunk driving

Flori-duh..

im gonna see if i can find the story..

And see. There you have it. Money talks and bullshit walks.

Yes, she screwed herself by leaving the scene of the accident. She must have perceived herself guilty if she fled. WHY did she leave? If she was sideswiped first and then as a result ran into the other cars causing the accident, then the accident really wasn't her fault. Like everone else said, either there is something more to this story we don't know, or young girl and her mother messed up royaly by trying to get over. Yes, they are both guilty of trying to cover it up. Fifty years does seem to be harsh, but like someone said, that's only 10 years per victim which doesn't seem fair, but how can you put year value on lives?

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BklynBabe said:

I guess my issue is, if she was sideswiped, and there was proof she was sideswiped, then technically the swiper caused the accident, caused the death, AND fled the scene. So then why is she taking all the heat. Yes she was wrong to leave the scene and not offer aid....but the the sentence seems excessive for that. Just like my niece and were talking about driving skills the other night, basically you need to drive every second with the thought that everyone else sucks and is out to take your life! There are accident accidents and preventable accidents.

Exactly! And who wouldn't panic after something like that? Somebody hits you and you crash into another car seriously injuring people (I doubt she knew they were dead); your average 20 something year old person probably would flee. It's wrong but most people don't act rationally under frightening and traumatic events. I think 15 years would have been a more appropriate sentence since the girl was sideswiped and would not have hit those poor people if her own car had not been hit. The mother should only serve 2-3 years as she was not driving and only responsible for tampering with evidence (repairing her daughter's car). Does this girl have kids? Does her mom have younger children? If they're both going to prison for what could be the rest of their natural lives then who's taking care of their kids if there are any? Another problem I have with the justice system is the court's never take into account the children left behind when a parent is sent away for decades or even on the victim's side when kids are left without parents. It's all incredibly fucked and the only thing that matters anymore is how much money you have and what kind of lawyer you can afford.

DesireeNevermind said:

BklynBabe said:

I guess my issue is, if she was sideswiped, and there was proof she was sideswiped, then technically the swiper caused the accident, caused the death, AND fled the scene. So then why is she taking all the heat. Yes she was wrong to leave the scene and not offer aid....but the the sentence seems excessive for that. Just like my niece and were talking about driving skills the other night, basically you need to drive every second with the thought that everyone else sucks and is out to take your life! There are accident accidents and preventable accidents.

It's all incredibly fucked and the only thing that matters anymore is how much money you have and what kind of lawyer you can afford.

99% true