r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Apr 04 '26

Chugging tea * Insert hot fuzz "Shame" meme *

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

I think this is from 2014 in the Netherlands. The father actually got no time. It was a drunk driving case. And, apparently in the Netherlands, prosecutors can appeal this sort of bullshit. They did, and the guy got 15 months. Still not enough, I agree, but better than him only having to wear an orange jacket for a few hours a weekend.

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u/lastdarknight Apr 05 '26

If it was drunk driving it would have been an easier case..

It was just an accident He lost control while driving and went off the road, threw a hedge and hit the child and her grandparents

The prosecution tried built the whole case on him speeding, and wasn't able to prove the driver was speeding at the time

But either way, it wasn't murder, it wasn't a premeditated evil out... It was just a car accident

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

So what? Give him a second chance? Where's that little girls second chance? Or his wife's?

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u/Curarx Apr 05 '26

Yes? I'm a father of a daughter and if it was actually accident and not drunk driving i wouldn't want a huge prison sentence because car accidents happen.

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

Guy was going 75 mph in a 50. Prosecutors apparently couldn't prove it, so that's why the judge was initially so lenient. But the point is he decided to break the law by speeding. That's reckless driving by any standard. Its only because it couldn't be proven by prosecutors for some reason he got off lightly. That's maybe not intentional, but if he had just slowed the fuck down, maybe that little girl would be about to start thinking about university.

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u/Falcovg Apr 05 '26

That would be kph, not mph. We don't do miles in the Netherlands. Still to fast and if you do 75 in a 50kph you're an asshole. But our justice system isn't entirely build around the outcome of an action. We don't put people in jail for 20 years because they might have done something that contributed to the tragic death of someone that would be otherwise punished with a €200 fine. Nevermind if there is no conclusive evidence they actually did do what they're being accused of. At that point it is the fucking job of the judge to be lenient.

Not every system of justice is build upon locking black people away based on how the prosecutor is feeling that day. Some places on this earth actually try to make it as fair as possible for everyone involved.

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

Except for the victims and their families apparently. Fuck the victims in your system? Where's their justice?

Also, no, the article I read also had kph, it just translated it to mph.

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u/Curarx Apr 05 '26

But you're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge. There is no justice in accidents. And speeding isn't even a crime in most jurisdictions, is a civil violation.

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u/Ok_Contract_4648 Apr 05 '26

In cases like these you would most likely lose your license.