• I witnessed this in a case. Young driver wasn’t paying attention and crossed the line, struck head on and killed an elderly woman on her way to chemotherapy, no joke.

    On the recommendation and impassioned pleas of the victim’s family, the defendant plead a manslaughter charge down to a $75 fine for failure to maintain lane or some such infraction. I don’t remember all the facts but was struck by the forward thinking and empathy. The young driver was truly remorseful, part of the pleas were that he had suffered enough, that the memory of what he had done was punishment enough.

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      Definitely not the same situation at all. This wasn’t some distracted driver, she had literally threatened to do exactly this before.

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        From what I can tell, they never claimed it was the same situation. They said they’ve seen victims asking for a reduction in punishment, that’s all.

        Chill out and stop jumping on people for something they never said.

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          Chill out and stop jumping on people for something they never said.

          All they commented was that it wasn’t the same situation. That’s a pretty normal thing to do when someone says “oh yeah I remember that happening in this one instance”. They didn’t go after the person or bite their head off or even express aggression.

          Ironically, you’re the one jumping on someone for what they didn’t say and perceived aggression that isn’t there.

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      That’s a nice story, in a way, but not even remotely close to this case.