Teen in MA guilty of murder: texting while driving

http://abcnews.go.com/US/aaron-deveau-found-guilty-landmark-texting-driving-case/story?id=16508694#.T9DXB1IldMY

Sad all around, for the loved ones of the deceased most of all.

I'm glad this law is actually being used to prosecute, though. I hope in a climate of stricter driving laws, cyclists might benefit, too.

I'm glad they prosecuted too.  Although 2 years seems pretty lenient for vehicular homicide.

Two years, but I think it's actually one year each for two different criminal counts, and he can serve them concurrently.

So it's one year's prison time for a willful act of negligence that directly caused someone's death. Pretty lenient, indeed. Honestly, a year's prison time seems more appropriate for what happened to the victim's girlfriend who was injured in the accident.

License suspended for 15 years sounds pretty good to me.