Utah judge says “there must be consequences” for killing cyclist; sentences driver to 90 days jail
getting off easy again July 21st, 2008
A Utah judge has sentenced a motorist who drove into and killed a bicyclist and then fled the scene to 90 days in jail. He imposed this sentence, he said, because someone lost a life and so there must be consequences.
I guess what he meant was that ordinarily he wouldn’t punish a person for driving over a bicyclist at all, but because in this particular instance the cyclist died, he had to at least do something.
–Erik Ryberg
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
“but because in this particular instance the cyclist died…”, or maybe because that pesky media stirred up such a fuss.
Keep on ‘em, ER, we need you badly!