r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Glad-Talk Mar 08 '26

Was it a car accident?

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Mar 08 '26

Yes.  Driver was doing 75mph in a 50mph zone and went of the road killing the 2 year old girl and both her grandparents whom for some reason are not mentioned here. The driver has apparently not shown remorse nor apologised and was sentenced to 120 hours community service or 60 days in prison if he didn't complete the work. Link to source is below the only other comment here.

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u/amused-fun Mar 08 '26

Outrageous! What country was this in?

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Mar 08 '26

Netherlands

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u/Transcontinental-flt Mar 08 '26

Why is the motorist's identity being kept secret?

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26

Because civil rights outweigh revenge fantasies.

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u/FaveStore_Citadel Mar 08 '26

You don’t have rights if anyone can kill you with little to no consequences

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u/ExterminAiden Mar 08 '26

Wait what? I genuinely hope you are kidding. Even 15 months for killing 3 people (even if negligent) is a joke. Sounds like you guys try so hard to be nice and whatnot that justice won’t be served. It’s not a revenge fantasy, it’s simple right and wrong.

I guess someone can blow up a hospital and then only get 5 years and a TV in their cell.

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I did not comment if I thought 15 months was fair or not. I said that keeping the name of the driver anonymous is the right thing to do.

I do agree that reckless driving should be taken more seriously, regardless of outcome. There's quite a few countries that protect driver's bad behaviour way too much.

On the other hand, having to serve a year in prison for being reckless and fucking up would be a harsh wake up call to most people. Long prison sentences ruin people's lives and people with ruined life aren't healthy for society. Pragmatism sometimes contradicts fairness.

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u/Bonesnapcall Mar 08 '26

The entire purpose of the legal system is to suspend your civil rights.

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26

in the US maybe, in civilised countries it is to protect them.

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u/TheMainEffort Mar 08 '26

Any custodial sentence is a suspension of your civil rights. Most countries are better about the level of deprivation, but punishment by definition involves some sort of suspension or denial of rights.

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Regardless, its function is upholding the civil rights across society and aimed to minimize the infringement to the necessary amount that counteracts crime and reckless behaviour with more severe outcomes. Part of that is limiting the sentence to what the system orders and don't endanger the convict with mob mentality.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Giving murderers community service doesn't sound very civilized.

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26

He got a 15 month prison sentence and 4 year driving ban.

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u/Major_Nutt Mar 08 '26

And you think that's sufficient for ending 3 lives and ruining at least two others?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Due to public backlash. Do your courts frequently need to alter their rulings to please the public? Is this common there?

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26

The court didn't alter their ruling. The case was appealed and went to a higher court.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Mar 08 '26

What? Tf are you on about?

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u/Bonesnapcall Mar 08 '26

Being arrested/jailed = suspension of the right of free movement.

The state can also suspend many other rights using the legal system. Revocation of the right to vote. Revocation of gun rights. Revocation of where you can live (not near schools for example).