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In reply to the discussion: If This Rich Kid Has ‘Affluenza,’ Then We’ve All Got ‘Negrobetes’ [View all]Saviolo
(3,282 posts)31. Happens often enough:
Soon it won't even be news any more. Remember this from Buffalo a couple of years ago?
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Doctor-cleared-in-skateboarder-s-hit-and-run-death-3597275.php
Wealthy doctor was texting while speeding and driving drunk. He knocked a girl off of her skateboard, and flung her 167 feet where she died of a broken neck, and then drove home. He got his wife to go back in the car to survey the scene while he tried to delete the texts. Found not guilty of manslaughter and only found guilt of misdemeanor drunk driving (which I can't believe is a thing!).
He knew he'd hit something, but didn't think it was a person... so... not guilty of manslaughter? It's beyond me.
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If the poor want poverty to be recognized as an excuse, all they have to do
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#1
Can you believe there is a comment in the reader's forum that said she did the smart thing.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#64
You can't turn an entire state upside down without the help of unethical lawyers.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#25
The judge is retiring next year. Probably to spend the payoff she got for this
CBGLuthier
Dec 2013
#16
I hope the families of the murdered victims can bring civil suit against his parents….
Tikki
Dec 2013
#46
Then this is a health crisis. We need to isolate and cure this condition immediately.
ck4829
Dec 2013
#58