@vivify saidIf the risk of a large number of deaths is contemplated by the defendant, perhaps.
Typically, the amount of deaths caused from a negligent action increases the severity of the crime. Correct?
For example, throwing a Molotoff cocktail onto a crowded street is worse than onto a street where there is only one person.
But here, I don't see that the death toll is relevant to the culpability of the defendant. He wasn't trying to crash into traffic. At worst, he was negligent in failing to avoid it.
@sh76 saidBeecher spent his life in prison for a car accident I seen it on Oz
https://www.bet.com/article/vy450x/[WORD TOO LONG]
110 years for a car accident? I know the sentence was mandated by CO law, but the law must be changed and the sentence must be reduced.
It's tragic, but sentencing must be based primarily on culpability, ...[text shortened]... ntencing for one accident is absurd.
His sentence should be nothing more than 2 or 3 years, IMHO.
Maybe this trucker dude decided to go on a rage and kill some people...
He survives and says it was an accident.
Him avoiding the runaway truck runoff and avoiding the field suggests it could have been intentionally done.
Once he sees he survived he has second thoughts and says it was an accident.
He had plenty of time to avoid those people.
@contenchess saidThe prosecution didn't allege, much less prove, that thesis.
Maybe this trucker dude decided to go on a rage and kill some people...
He survives and says it was an accident.
Him avoiding the runaway truck runoff and avoiding the field suggests it could have been intentionally done.
Once he sees he survived he has second thoughts and says it was an accident.
He had plenty of time to avoid those people.
You need to convict someone of something before you use it as a basis to put him away for life.