Dangerous street takeovers plague US neighborhoods

Re:Dangerous street takeovers plague US neighborhoods by HarryHirsch on Sunday September 04, 2022 @12:07PM (#32714469)

Since it was classified as vehicular manslaughter, Piersimoni said the punishment for the driver was less severe than if he had he been charged with murder. She said the driver, who was sentenced in April of this year, is already out of jail.

That's the problem right there - 6 months for homicide because juries won't lock up anyone for dangerous driving, they know they drive just as badly and it could have easily been them.

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Re:Dangerous street takeovers plague US neighborhoods by matt_attack on Sunday September 04, 2022 @01:50PM (#32715660)

Manslaughter is _always_ less severe than murder because it wasn't intentional. It's not worth cutting an additional life out of society (and making them an additional cost to society) just for vengeance's sake if there's no risk of a repeat crime and there's remorse.

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Re:Dangerous street takeovers plague US neighborhoods by danw1979 on Sunday September 04, 2022 @03:04PM (#32716528)

Agreed there’s no point bloating the prison population, but remorse is a poor parameter for sentencing IMHO. We should have fixed penalties for this kind of crime.

If someone killed my kid with their car I’d prefer the perpetrator to simply be never allowed to drive a car ever again. If they try, then they get time.

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