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DWI death successfully prosecuted as murder in NY | 7 comments (7 topical)
DWI death successfully prosecuted as murder in NY (none / 0) (#2)
by James DiBenedetto on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 11:46:07 AM EST
I have no problem with the verdict; if you're driving while impaired and you kill someone, it is murder.  How else should it be considered?

And from the article cited, this isn't a borderline case where the defendant had one or two drinks, and his reflexes slipped just a bit - he was three times over the legal limit, and drove for several miles in the wrong lane before the accident.  

The defendant just apparently decided that it wasn't worth the trouble to call a taxi or call home for a ride, that the lives of two other people were worth less to him than a few dollars cab fare.  Prison is a good place for people who think that way, as far as I'm concerned.

Also, I have to think that DWI (and accidents/deaths resulting from it) is one crime where really strict enforcement and very harsh sentences might actually be effective as a deterrent.

DWI death successfully prosecuted as murder in NY | 7 comments (7 topical)

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