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Woman gets 3-10 for killing bicyclist in Manheim Township
Intelligencer Journal
Published: Jun 21, 2007
01:35 EST
By BRETT LOVELACE, Staff

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QUOTE(BeingReal @ Jun 21 2007, 09:34 AM)
What bothers me most is that not only was she drunk, she was evading police when the accident occurred. In other words, she knew she was wrong or she would've pulled over.
I don't think she was running from the cops, however, I do think the sentence is light due to the fact that nobody can say they haven't been informed of drunk driving consequences.
It was not an accident, it may not have been intentional, but it was no accident.
In my younger years, I got to blitz to drive, I knew it, 0.25 is very toasted, boardering on passing out/detox admission. She probably could barely walk, unless she was a religious alcoholic.
To highlight my opinion on this one, I disagree with the 0.8 as the legal intoxication limit, I do think it should be higher, perhaps around 0.13 or so. This is double what I'd argue as legally intoxicated.
10 years minimum is my request.
QUOTE(TheDude @ Jun 21 2007, 11:07 AM)
Wow, that is absurd. We should make a trade, let them keep the lighter sentences, but they ahve to give back suffrage!

j/k
They suffered enough already, we should just take it back to be niice.
solitary
I agree. This should not be dismissed as an accident. She was blitzed and already almost hit the cop (who then started pursuing her), then caused more damage before she even hit that guy. I know a long sentence won't bring him back but I'm glad she'll have her nice lititz life "Inconvenienced" while sitting in a jail cell instead of moving on with a sorry or a rehab stint. She killed someone! Why are people in jail longer for some marijuana and people who took lives are back on the street???
Don't get me started on Mary Winkler... They're predicting she'll be out of jail this year. It's complete BS.
QUOTE(solitary @ Jun 21 2007, 12:17 PM)
I don't think she was running from the cops, however, I do think the sentence is light due to the fact that nobody can say they haven't been informed of drunk driving consequences.
It was not an accident, it may not have been intentional, but it was no accident.
In my younger years, I got to blitz to drive, I knew it, 0.25 is very toasted, boardering on passing out/detox admission. She probably could barely walk, unless she was a religious alcoholic.
To highlight my opinion on this one, I disagree with the 0.8 as the legal intoxication limit, I do think it should be higher, perhaps around 0.13 or so. This is double what I'd argue as legally intoxicated.
10 years minimum is my request.
They suffered enough already, we should just take it back to be niice.


freeyourmind131
QUOTE(freeyourmind131 @ Jun 21 2007, 02:49 PM)
Don't get me started on Mary Winkler... They're predicting she'll be out of jail this year. It's complete BS.


I thought she'd be out in 5 months -- after considering time served.

BeingReal
she should have gotten life for killing my friend. I was in the court room yesturday. the judge said he wanted put her away for life but his hands are tied, 3-10 years is the max for this crime.. because our dumb state gov sucks.. I can kill someone with a gun and get life.. but if I kill then driving drunk its a slap on the wrist... THIS IS !profanity!IN !profanity!
buck rogers
Well, if you are the Reverend Thomas O'Brien, Bishop of Phoenix and pedophile priest shuffler in cahoots with Cardinal Law of Boston, you can drive impaired, hit a pedestrian, have him come smashing through your windshield and then fly off your car into the street. After that, if you are the bishop of Phoenix, you can drive off (hit and run), go home, call a windshield company to replace your windshield, hide out in the Bishop's residence, refuse to take phone calls, get released on your own recogniscence (sp?) after the cops finally threaten to knock your door down, and then go to trial and get community service. While the dead man's family sits silently in the courtroom.
harv1
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