Obviously this is his fault, but given he’s only 19 this sucks for everyone - even with him getting a lighter sentence. This will stay with him his whole life. And it’s probably a combination of the area and how unfriendly it is to pedestrians, an issue with line of sight, and night now falling earlier. This is definitely the right place to post this. Even in an area around a university with heavy foot traffic there’s always some close calls, and like people said in the article, some people get behind the wheel and think they are entitled, using it to dominate a situation when it’s easier and safer to just let people walk by. Cars suck. Many drivers suck too.
The driver was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. That’s a special section of law for killing by car, and it’s far too lenient. North Carolina has laws on involuntary manslaughter they’re not charged with.
The problem with explaining away the light sentence is that we have laws to make accidental killing by car OK, but accidental killing by any other method is not. That’s not justice as it’s neither fair nor equitable.
This driver should be in jail for 1 to 3 years as laid out in North Carolina’s involuntary manslaughter code.
Obviously this is his fault, but given he’s only 19 this sucks for everyone - even with him getting a lighter sentence. This will stay with him his whole life. And it’s probably a combination of the area and how unfriendly it is to pedestrians, an issue with line of sight, and night now falling earlier. This is definitely the right place to post this. Even in an area around a university with heavy foot traffic there’s always some close calls, and like people said in the article, some people get behind the wheel and think they are entitled, using it to dominate a situation when it’s easier and safer to just let people walk by. Cars suck. Many drivers suck too.
The driver was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. That’s a special section of law for killing by car, and it’s far too lenient. North Carolina has laws on involuntary manslaughter they’re not charged with.
The problem with explaining away the light sentence is that we have laws to make accidental killing by car OK, but accidental killing by any other method is not. That’s not justice as it’s neither fair nor equitable.
This driver should be in jail for 1 to 3 years as laid out in North Carolina’s involuntary manslaughter code.