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Thursday, November 30, 2006


Try this shit after three beers and she'd spend the next 20 years of her life in jail. Why the disparity in sentencing?
State's Attorney Julia Rietz made the call not to lodge any more serious charge than improper lane usage against Stark, saying that the legal definition of recklessness, to sustain reckless homicide or reckless driving, did not fit her actions.

But Rietz argued for the maximum sentence of six months of conditional discharge a form of probation without reporting to an officer a $1,000 fine and traffic safety school.
Reckless? What the fuck difference does that make? Making the decision to drink three beers and getting behind the wheel and then rolling through a stop sign will get you a night in the klink and about $10,000 in fines. Changing the ring tone on your stupid fucking cell phone and killing a kid gets you six months probation and a fine? I would argue that something that results in a death is inherently more reckless than just about anything that doesn't result in a bodycount.



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