Fatal Car Crashes
Something I've never been too sure about is when someone gets prosecuted for a fatality as the result of a car crash they were involved in. Looks like they're going to nail this guy who wasn't drunk but ran a stop sign causing an accident that ended up killing someone.
I have to assume that investigation showed the guy was either very reckless or had a traffic record that showed a pattern of reckless driving. The powers that be don't charge everyone that causes a fatal accident.
But where does one draw the line? I know if I made some stupid mistake that ended up in getting someone killed, I'd have to live with that for the rest of my life and that might be the worst punishment of all. I wonder evidence what led to them prosecuting the guy in the above story?
posted by Fred Mangels @ 8:48 AM
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Gallegos needs the statistics. He has made it a blanket policy to charge any traffic death accident as a homicide irrespective of what the accident is due to or what type of record the person driving had. How about that for a total abandonment of "prosecutorial discretion." Doesn't matter if the case will subsequently be dismissed - he'll still have his front page, above the fold picture. Look what happened to that family who lost a son in early 2003 outside Trinidad and the poor driver who lost control in a hail storm. The poor family was totally mislead by Gallegos about the accident and the tragic death of their child. The driver was charged, not because the case was provable, but for publicity. The case was absolutely dismissed, but for a moving violation a couple of months after it was charged.
This was totally unfair to the family of the deceased youth.
It was totally unfair to charge the driver, when the case was unprovable.
But it got Gallegos' name above the fold didn't it. Just like his blanket policy of charging anyone with vehicular manslaughter who happens to end up in an accident where there is a loss of life.
This man's judgment stinks.
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