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2009-12-18 1:00 PM
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What a sad joke of a sentence. I hope the family can get a better result in civil court.

2009-12-19 10:24 AM
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famelec - 2009-12-18 9:27 AM What does a Texas first-time drunk driver typcially get if he kills someone who is in a car?  I'm assuming he's a first-timer since previous incidents weren't mentioned.  Isn't two years a fairly normal sentence around here?  I really don't know...

Regardless, we need to do something more serious about drunk driving in this country.

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Not much better here in Texas.   According to family and friends in law enforcement, the average sentence is ten years.  You typically do 80% of the given sentence.  Lives ruined in the blink of an eye.  I just don't understand it.
2009-12-19 10:54 AM
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scorpio516 - 2009-12-18 10:19 AM Comparatively, that's a pretty long sentence...

A Santa Clara County (CA) deputy fell asleep and killed 2 cyclists and injured a 3rd.  He got 4 months house arrest and a demotion - he still works for the sheriff...
http://cbs5.com/local/cyclist.death.lawsuit.2.1067574.html



The difference here is falling asleep while driving is an accident. I don't think you can compare falling asleep and drinking and driving. If you hit a tree while drunk driving you get arrested. If you hit a tree because you feel asleep you get taken to the hospital and released.
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