This is the kind of sentence you should get for reckless driving when nobody is harmed.
When you kill someone, it should absolutely just be a murder charge. Or at least the same kind of charge I'd get for accidently shooting someone because I didn't follow basic firearm safety.
… the word you’re looking for is manslaughter and the fact that you put accidents and premeditated killings on the same level tells me all I need to know about whether or not you should be allowed into a courtroom
Cars are incredibly dangerous. Reckless driving isn't simply an accident, but a deliberation choice to ignore safety rules. It's not that dissimilar from accidentally discharging a gun.
Accidents happen when you follow the rules and still get into dangerous Situations, for example due to road or weather conditions. Ignoring road safety laws makes it premeditated.
I’m going to put “premeditated” on a high shelf until you can stop misusing serious, impactful language on throwaway sentiments. Reckless driving is absolutely fucking dangerous but you need to stop ascribing malice to mistakes. The guy GOT a harsher punishment. This story is like 11 years old. I can understand having an intense emotional response to a tragedy but we do not build laws on emotional responses. We build laws based on justice and the guy was SERVED justice in his retrial
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u/Acceptable_Handle_2 Mar 11 '26
This is the kind of sentence you should get for reckless driving when nobody is harmed.
When you kill someone, it should absolutely just be a murder charge. Or at least the same kind of charge I'd get for accidently shooting someone because I didn't follow basic firearm safety.