Comments on: Glenda Rumsey sentenced to 14 years for killing Jose Rincon Jr. http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/ Because Every Bicyclist Needs a Good Lawyer. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:06:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ben http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3008 ben Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:54:34 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-3008 We need a review on the sentencing structure. Which I hope reduces some sentences while making some more severe. Having no jail time for DWI minus extreme DWI. While making addicted drug offenders criminals is pathetic. I am not for locking people up, but flagrant violations by a large population creating violence needs to be dealt with. We need a review on the sentencing structure. Which I hope reduces some sentences while making some more severe. Having no jail time for DWI minus extreme DWI. While making addicted drug offenders criminals is pathetic.
I am not for locking people up, but flagrant violations by a large population creating violence needs to be dealt with.

]]> By: Coghauler http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 Coghauler Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:41:01 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-3006 The side-by-side articles in Wednesday's "Star" concerning the sentencing of drivers involved in fatal incidences illuminate the need for parity in DUI-related deaths. One driver received 22+ years in sentences imposed consecutively for creating a situation in which a fetus was killed. Because his form of recklessness is deemed a felony, the judge did not fear the length of sentence being challenged. Rumsey's form of recklessness is only a misdemeanor resulting in the judge's hesitancy to impose consecutive sentences in her fatal incident. The recklessness of both drivers is unquestionable. The disparity in the sentences in no way accounts for the time invested in developing and nuturing a human life. Both are extreme tragedies resulting from extreme irresponsilbe behavior. The sentences need to reflect that. DUI at high BAC levels needs to be elevated to a felony. The side-by-side articles in Wednesday’s “Star”
concerning the sentencing of drivers involved in
fatal incidences illuminate the need for parity
in DUI-related deaths. One driver received 22+
years in sentences imposed consecutively for
creating a situation in which a fetus was killed.
Because his form of recklessness is deemed a felony,
the judge did not fear the length of sentence being
challenged. Rumsey’s form of recklessness is only
a misdemeanor resulting in the judge’s hesitancy to
impose consecutive sentences in her fatal incident.
The recklessness of both drivers is unquestionable.
The disparity in the sentences in no way accounts
for the time invested in developing and nuturing a
human life. Both are extreme tragedies resulting from
extreme irresponsilbe behavior. The sentences need to
reflect that. DUI at high BAC levels needs to be
elevated to a felony.

]]> By: P.S. http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 P.S. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:24:56 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-3002 She'll be free to resume drinking and driving after about 141 months, by my reckoning. (85 percent of 14 years minus 56 days served). That's just shy of 12 years. She’ll be free to resume drinking and driving after about 141 months, by my reckoning. (85 percent of 14 years minus 56 days served). That’s just shy of 12 years.

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3000 Opus the Poet Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:07:18 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-3000 <i>Assuming she’s on her best behavior through her incarceration how long will it be before she is in driver seat? Five? six?</i> I hope never. I was reading the Citizen's reports on this, and they had nothing on her driving privileges. Assuming she’s on her best behavior through her incarceration how long will it be before she is in driver seat? Five? six?

I hope never. I was reading the Citizen’s reports on this, and they had nothing on her driving privileges.

]]> By: Kerem http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Kerem Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:01:09 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-2995 Assuming she's on her best behavior through her incarceration how long will it be before she is in driver seat? Five? six? Assuming she’s on her best behavior through her incarceration how long will it be before she is in driver seat? Five? six?

]]> By: Coghauler http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-2992 Coghauler Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:47:01 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-2992 Some might argue that deterrence has not been given an adequate chance to take effect. Evidence being that sentencing is relative to what has gone before. (Comment 1) Some might argue that deterrence has not
been given an adequate chance to take effect.
Evidence being that sentencing is relative
to what has gone before. (Comment 1)

]]> By: Red Star http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-2990 Red Star Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:06:51 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-2990 Deterrence v. retributive justice. It's always difficult, especially given that deterrence, though empirical, is slippery to measure in a dynamic world. Deterrence v. retributive justice. It’s always difficult, especially given that deterrence, though empirical, is slippery to measure in a dynamic world.

]]> By: Louis Hollingsworth http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/glenda-rumsey-sentenced-to-14-years-for-killing-jose-rincon-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-2988 Louis Hollingsworth Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:29 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=656#comment-2988 Judges sometimes sentence those who intentionally kill, with malice aforethougth, to less than 14 years. The Rincons may think this is a slap on the wrist, considering the loss of a very special child. A 14 year sentence is relatively safe from review by appellate courts. Had there been a 20 year sentence, the Appellate level courts may have sent the case back down for a sentence more commensurate with what judges normally do in a DUI fatality. Last year, Judge Fell sentenced a suburban mom who killed a 20 year old (also academically gifted, like Jose) a three year sentence. She too was a first offender (first time caught DUI, anyway). This woman had no idea of the humiliation of prison life, starting with being issued a pair of dingy, used underwear, frayed and full of holes. She lives in constant fear of other inmates and their advances. Her children had to move to a very frigid part of the country to be with their biological father who apparently had wanted very little to do with them. My heart goes out to the Rincons. I knew Jose Jr and loved him dearly. The day he died, I was picking my son and another boy up from having taken the Salpointe entrance exam. Jose Jr. emerged from a group of approximately 50 kids waiting for a ride. He opened the passenger door of my car and said "Hello Mr. Hollingsworth, how are you?" How many kids would do something like that???? As always, that was just one more thing that impressed me about Jose Jr. My wife always said, "The Rincons are raising a future U.S. Senator in that boy." Jose Jr. had the intellect, the charm, the character and the phenomenal family support to go far in life. What a tragedy!! What a tragedy!! Still, a judge often is forced to sentence a criminal to less time for a far more intentional killing, so I am not at all surprised at the 14 year sentence. Judges sometimes sentence those who intentionally kill, with malice aforethougth, to less than 14 years. The Rincons may think this is a slap on the wrist, considering the loss of a very special child. A 14 year sentence is relatively safe from review by appellate courts. Had there been a 20 year sentence, the Appellate level courts may have sent the case back down for a sentence more commensurate with what judges normally do in a DUI fatality. Last year, Judge Fell sentenced a suburban mom who killed a 20 year old (also academically gifted, like Jose) a three year sentence. She too was a first offender (first time caught DUI, anyway). This woman had no idea of the humiliation of prison life, starting with being issued a pair of dingy, used underwear, frayed and full of holes. She lives in constant fear of other inmates and their advances. Her children had to move to a very frigid part of the country to be with their biological father who apparently had wanted very little to do with them.
My heart goes out to the Rincons. I knew Jose Jr and loved him dearly. The day he died, I was picking my son and another boy up from having taken the Salpointe entrance exam. Jose Jr. emerged from a group of approximately 50 kids waiting for a ride. He opened the passenger door of my car and said “Hello Mr. Hollingsworth, how are you?” How many kids would do something like that???? As always, that was just one more thing that impressed me about Jose Jr. My wife always said, “The Rincons are raising a future U.S. Senator in that boy.” Jose Jr. had the intellect, the charm, the character and the phenomenal family support to go far in life. What a tragedy!! What a tragedy!!
Still, a judge often is forced to sentence a criminal to less time for a far more intentional killing, so I am not at all surprised at the 14 year sentence.

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