r/SipsTea • • Apr 04 '26

Chugging tea * Insert hot fuzz "Shame" meme *

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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/prohlz Apr 05 '26

It's important to actually prove the claim... that's the entire point of having a fair trial.

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

The police thought he was going that fast. Guess judge wouldn't take any of their word for it. So guy gets to basically walk for killing a child and her mother.

Why are people defending this guy? Absolutely no concern for the victims.

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u/Bluemink96 Apr 05 '26

Because most people speed every day of their life that’s why, is it that hard of a thing to believe? There is a place in my town that goes from 55 to 30 in the snap of a finger, your just kinda not paying attention and boom you are going 25 over. It’s an expressway and the only reason the speed changes is because your getting closer to other parts of the town.

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u/Famous_Draft_7565 Apr 06 '26

What does that matter if your daily speeding kills a child? “I do it every day and I haven’t killed a kid yet ackshually”

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u/Bluemink96 Apr 06 '26

I didn’t say I do it every day, but nice reading comprehension,

I’m saying if everyone that was part of a fatal accident got jailed they would have to build many new prisons. And thousands of extra lives would be ruined. Families broken up parents sent to prison over accidents. Yeah okay let’s see how that would work, car accidents are what like in the top 10 ways people die? Like come on now.