The Guy in the Windshield...

[La Luna Unita]

AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

Alex, this sig is dedicated specially to you.
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May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

[This message has been edited by La Luna Unita (edited March 16, 2002).]

[SHATOUSHKA]

lol, luna.

it was merely in jest.

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Discuss This...
The Acropolis

[La Luna Unita]

The jest was fine; it was the pun that got me!

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May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

[Alex]

Well, this case just went to court and the women was found guilty of murder.

This case is obviously designed to be water cooler material.
She did not murder the guy, she accidentally hit him and then did not render assistance.

That's not murder, it's typical.

[Alex]

The jury's verdict of 50-60 years does not add up for me. She was given 10 years for trying to cover up the death by burying the body parts in a park, but got 40-50 years for not reporting the accident to the authorities in the first place.

This was not a murder case, but it was tried as one. The sentence could be thrown out if it is appealed. There was no intent to murder the victim before during or after.

And this begs the bigger question, which is worse, accidentally killing someone, or covering it up afterwards?

I think covering up the accidental murder is worse than the accidental murder itself, so if she got 10 years from the jury for covering up the death, she has to get less than 10 years for her actions involving the death, not more.

I say her sentence gets reduced to 10-15 years total. Elegible for parole after 7-10 years.

If it were up to me, I'd have given her 10-20 years for covering up the death, (parole eligible after x amount of years as mandated by Texas law) and no time for anything preceding the covering up of the death.

Except she was under the influence of drugs and possibly alchohol when she struck the man with her car, hmmmm, I suppose one should know better than to drive when drugged up. Perhaps 25-30 years total but parole eligible after so many years according to Texas Law.