The short prison sentence doesn’t bother me. Prisons are a social poison that we should be doing away with for all but readily and immediately violent individuals.
What fucks me up is that he’s getting his keys handed back in six months. He’s getting quick and untested access right back to the large machine that he already demonstrated he is mortally dangerous when operating. Doesn’t sound like they’re even going to test him on correct use. That thing you just killed several people and maimed dozens others while operating? Welcome back buddy, do it again.
IMO he should be doing several years of community service, primarily as restorative repentance in the community where the crimes took place, and having his license revoked for at least five years. Getting it back should require a higher barrier of testing than the default. Put a black box in that car and have it report everything for the first year.
I absolutely agree on all points. I just meant that, in the current system, if the murder weapon was different, he would’ve been getting much worse consequences.
Right, morality of prison notwithstanding our society does treat this particular murder weapon much more lightly than most others. Imagine his prison sentence if he walked into a store with a gun and oopsie whoopsie killed 2 people / maimed 11 others.
Or (to make the damage scenario a bit more realistic) went into a store juggling a hand grenade and whoopsie killed 2 people and maimed 11 others.
Totally on your side. A car is a super dangerous object, equally dangerous as a weapon, and driving one should be considered an immense privilege, not a right.
Car murderers can take the bus, and if there’s no bus where they live, they can move somewhere else.
The short prison sentence doesn’t bother me. Prisons are a social poison that we should be doing away with for all but readily and immediately violent individuals.
What fucks me up is that he’s getting his keys handed back in six months. He’s getting quick and untested access right back to the large machine that he already demonstrated he is mortally dangerous when operating. Doesn’t sound like they’re even going to test him on correct use. That thing you just killed several people and maimed dozens others while operating? Welcome back buddy, do it again.
IMO he should be doing several years of community service, primarily as restorative repentance in the community where the crimes took place, and having his license revoked for at least five years. Getting it back should require a higher barrier of testing than the default. Put a black box in that car and have it report everything for the first year.
I absolutely agree on all points. I just meant that, in the current system, if the murder weapon was different, he would’ve been getting much worse consequences.
Right, morality of prison notwithstanding our society does treat this particular murder weapon much more lightly than most others. Imagine his prison sentence if he walked into a store with a gun and oopsie whoopsie killed 2 people / maimed 11 others.
Or (to make the damage scenario a bit more realistic) went into a store juggling a hand grenade and whoopsie killed 2 people and maimed 11 others.
Totally on your side. A car is a super dangerous object, equally dangerous as a weapon, and driving one should be considered an immense privilege, not a right.
Car murderers can take the bus, and if there’s no bus where they live, they can move somewhere else.
Imagine he was a pilot or a forklift driver. He would never ever get his license back. That’s what should be done here.
He proved that he’s not capable of safely operating a car. Why should he ever be allowed that privilege again?