MicroWaveJul 11, 2024

Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years

https://lemmy.world/post/17446339

Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years - Lemmy.World

Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph). An instant later, he slammed into the car in the photo. The driver, Shalorna Warner, was not seriously injured but her 8-month-old son and her sister were killed instantly, authorities said. Evidence showed Anderson never braked.  Anderson, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for the May 31 crash in northern England that killed little Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded guilty last week in Durham Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Show threadGreenBottlesJul 12, 2024
Bad drivers need harsher punishments if you ask me.
Show threadTodd BonzalezJul 12, 2024

17 years is a seriously life-altering prison sentence sentence.

Quite frankly, this flavor of irresponsibility can be corrected in just a few years time, you just need a justice system that’s interested in correction rather than punishment.

Kinda hard to accomplish when you have people cheering from the sidelines for more punishment…

Show threadTheHarpyEagleJul 12, 2024
I get it, but also when I think about if that happened to my sister, let alone my child, no amount of time would be enough. 2 years for ripping two people out of your life just doesn’t feel like enough. How do you separate the emotion from the practicality?
Show threadTodd BonzalezJul 12, 2024

With all due respect, the justice system shouldn’t exist for you to experience vengeance. It’s easy to get angry and to wish harm against people who would hurt our loved ones, but at scale we just end up with a punitive justice system that begets even more violence and misery.

If a person can be reformed after committing a profound injustice to the point where we can trust that they won’t repeat their crimes, why would we want their sentence to be lengthy and cruel when it could instead be compassionate and effective?

Forgiveness is a powerful thing. If you can’t even think of forgiving this hypothetical transgression you’ve come up with, how can you ever hope to have a positive influence on this world that might actually protect others from the kind of tragedy you’ve described?

Show threadhornedfiendJul 12, 2024

Imagine having your children killed - probably hard if you don’t have children and the reading your comment.

I anything ,the justice system should be more punishing for such cases. How can you even mention forgiveness for drunk driving,showing off,killing people and then asking for it with such a worryingly easiness?

Forgiveness for what,for being a blatant sociopath? Really? If I were that lady I would have preferred enjoying the rest of my life with my children as opposed to forgiving a murderer and knowing he might do it again,cause it’s easy to forgive and “Forgiveness is a powerful thing”. This is not a case for forgiveness,but harsher punishment.

Again: you’re asking for forgiveness for a drunk driving murderer of people and children.

Show threadSirSmokeAlotJul 12, 2024
So, death sentence? Eye for an eye?
Show threadCypherJul 12, 2024
Yes.
Show threadTodd Bonzalez

It’s funny how Christians cling to the “eye for an eye” thing, even though the Bible specifically says that it is unjust, and implores on to “turn the other cheek” (Sermon on the mount).

But spiteful Christofacists like you (presumably, given your endorsement of old testament barbarism) never actually follow the loving forgiving attitude taught by Jesus, they just want to stone people to death.

The people today who line up at the sidelines to cheer on the worst possible outcomes for their enemies are no different in attitude from those people who gathered in the streets to cast stones at an accused criminal, in hopes that you get to participate in their demise.

If your view of justice is based on vengeance, you don’t believe in justice at all.

Jul 12, 2024 at 12:12pmWeb
Show threadCypherJul 12, 2024

Lots of incorrect assumptions there. Firstly I am not religious in any way.

I simply don’t believe child killers can or should be allowed to contribute to society.

If you kill a child by any means you should commit suicide and if you won’t then society should step in.

Show threadTodd BonzalezJul 12, 2024

First of all, if you’re not religious, maybe don’t live by regressive Old Testament belief systems.

Second of all, calling someone who killed a child in a car accident a “child killer” is disingenuous, not because he didn’t kill a child, but because such terminology is generally reserved for people who kill children in wonton acts of violence, not by accident.

Third of all this:

If you kill a child by any means you should commit suicide and if you won’t then society should step in.

This is just a right wing reactionary murder fantasy. Reported.