Drink Driving and the Death Penalty
Discussion
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I reckon 4 years is not enough for a second D & D offence - hanging is more apt. Your views please.
I reckon 4 years is not enough for a second D & D offence - hanging is more apt. Your views please.
quote:Concur entirely.
I admire the guy who said he forgave him. I don't think I'd be so tolerant....
Like I said last time we had this topic a few weeks ago, it takes a particular strength of character to supplant negative emotions of anger, bitterness and vengence with those of forgiveness...
Still, I bet he's got a fish on the back of his car, so he's not all good
Hello everyone! (I only posted this because the number of posts had reached 11111, and it looks funny)
Causing death by dangerous driving is another aspect of the law that values property above person. It's a mediaeval concept that needs modernising. There is no recompense for wanton destruction of life, and using the law for revenge is unsound.
Restriction of freedom is reasonable - in other words, life means life. If it can be established that a driver , whether sober, drunk, drugged, or just stupid, has no regard for others when he steps into his car, and knows that he is not capable of controlling his vehicle, then a life sentence with no parole would seem reasonable. It might teach a few people to have respect for their fellow man.
The laws of this country are a joke, and need complete overhaul - unlikely when our politicians are all lawyers, and they and their friends coin it in interpreting archaic, outdated rubbish, for the modern society.
>> Edited by nubbin on Tuesday 9th July 09:45
Causing death by dangerous driving is another aspect of the law that values property above person. It's a mediaeval concept that needs modernising. There is no recompense for wanton destruction of life, and using the law for revenge is unsound.
Restriction of freedom is reasonable - in other words, life means life. If it can be established that a driver , whether sober, drunk, drugged, or just stupid, has no regard for others when he steps into his car, and knows that he is not capable of controlling his vehicle, then a life sentence with no parole would seem reasonable. It might teach a few people to have respect for their fellow man.
The laws of this country are a joke, and need complete overhaul - unlikely when our politicians are all lawyers, and they and their friends coin it in interpreting archaic, outdated rubbish, for the modern society.
>> Edited by nubbin on Tuesday 9th July 09:45
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you wont get an unbiased comment out of me having had a close family member killed by a drunk driver, suffice to say I agree with all of you. If a drink-driver ever hits me and I can still walk I'll kill him...
Agreed. I've lost friends due to drink drivers, and in one case a mate of ine opened the door an lamped him (the drunk driver) a few times. Guess which one got the criminal record... (clue: it wasn't the drunk one)
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The laws of this country are a joke, and need complete overhaul - unlikely when our politicians are all lawyers, and they and their friends coin it in interpreting archaic, outdated rubbish, for the modern society.
... yeah, but the day we get someone clever up there, we are all well and truely screwed.
I think the sentence should be harsh becuase the driver has already been successfully prosecuted for drink driving in the past. The fact that he has reoffended shows that the intial sentence made no impact on him as it did not alter his decision making process.
A good friend of mine was prosecuted for drink driving at the start of the year and has been banned for a year. He is so grateful for not harming anyone whilst he was drink driving and is now the most anti-drink driving person I know. In this case the punishment altered his decision making process.
I can only hope that the driver in this case has finally had the point proven to him that you should not drink and drive and will not do it again. The biggest pity is that it took the loss of an innocent life for the point to be proved.
A good friend of mine was prosecuted for drink driving at the start of the year and has been banned for a year. He is so grateful for not harming anyone whilst he was drink driving and is now the most anti-drink driving person I know. In this case the punishment altered his decision making process.
I can only hope that the driver in this case has finally had the point proven to him that you should not drink and drive and will not do it again. The biggest pity is that it took the loss of an innocent life for the point to be proved.
i was out with some colleagues only last week. at the end of the evening we go to cabs we'd booked to get home, except one colleague who at this point (cab waiting) insisted she could drive - this is after 3 bottles of wine between two of them. i managed to get her car keys off her and spent the next hour with her screaming blue murder at 3 of us outside the bar, refusing to get the cab (got her husband to retrieve her in the end). done it before as well apparently...
quite how people can be this irresponsible is beyond me.....
quite how people can be this irresponsible is beyond me.....
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