Yet Another PCH Fatality...Hit and Run Driver Not Cited
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OTHRIDER
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I sure hope this picture prevents the "I didn't know I hit someone" defense. A four-year maximum sentence sounds so pathetic.
Heyitsdave
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Yea, that and the reports of him driving with his head out the driver side window afterwards.I sure hope this picture prevents the "I didn't know I hit someone" defense. A four-year maximum sentence sounds so pathetic.
Bruce in SoCal
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The serious crime is the hit-and-run. It is intentional and indicative of an evil heart. It is the same thing regardless of whether the victim died or got a monit scratch. OTOH, the accident itself was no more than simple negligence, again regardless of the outcome. Now, if the driver was on a cell phone, drunk, etc., that would be a different level of culpability. I'm ok with the charges and penalties.
The status quo isn't working. Until there are more consequences for killing a human being, people will continue to choose "simple negligence" over driving safely. That is a fact, proven by history. Nobody should be ok with that.
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On August 22, 2016, Dylan Thomas Rand-Luby pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 1 year in jail + 3 months formal probation.
For Murdering a biker and leaving him to die at the side of the road.
That was just over 3 years ago. By now, the kid has long been out of jail and rebuilding his life. To this day, I think about the death of John Colvin daily.
http://mynewsla.com/orange-county/2016/08/22/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-hit-and-run-in-laguna-beach/
RIP John.
For Murdering a biker and leaving him to die at the side of the road.
That was just over 3 years ago. By now, the kid has long been out of jail and rebuilding his life. To this day, I think about the death of John Colvin daily.
http://mynewsla.com/orange-county/2016/08/22/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-hit-and-run-in-laguna-beach/
RIP John.