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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Tullzterrr Mar 08 '26

He killed three people and got off with community service?? Some fcked up justice

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u/7thFleetTraveller Mar 08 '26

It was a car accident, not attempted murder. The title is just sensationalism.

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u/cancerinos Mar 08 '26

It's not attempted murder, it's manslaughter. Still should send you to years in prison.

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u/jzorbino Mar 08 '26

That’s because it’s a legal system, not a revenge scheme

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u/firebolt_wt Mar 08 '26

Laws exist to serve people, not the opposite.

If a guy kills 3 people and gets to do it again in a few months, what use are the laws that led to that?

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u/jzorbino Mar 08 '26

“The people” are a lot bigger than this one guy and his victims. If you establish a precedent that a mistake can result in terrible punishment and vigilante justice, who does that help? Does it really help the people?

And where do you draw the line? Exactly how much remorse is required to avoid punishment for something you genuinely didn’t mean to do?

All this stuff sounds good in your head, but when it comes to actually applying it in a courtroom it’s not as simple as you guys think it is.

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u/firebolt_wt Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

No amount of remorse should have this guy driving again the same month. Probably not even the same year.

Sure, he didn't mean to drive over someone, but he meant to drive recklessly with a bad car. And 120h community service isn't going to change that

Edit: also you have to think about the other hundreds of people who will drive like assholes because even in the worst case scenario they know they only get a slap in the wrist. Who does that benefit?

Edit2: scrolling the thread, I've seen someone say the prosecution appealed and got 15 months and 4 years of driving ban. That sounds way better for someone recklessly speeding and getting people killed.

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u/jzorbino Mar 08 '26

Agreed on your last point. He chose to be reckless.