street racer given jail time, caused deaths

[firefighter81]

He didn't directly cause it, but new legislation in WA and OR makes it a misdemeanor crime to even WATCH street racing. They have had a big problem with it in the last 4 or 5 years, especially Kent, WA. This is the LEO's way of making an example of a street racer, too bad someone had to die in the process. I completely stand by the court's decision.

[Nostradumbass]

Originally Posted by TheSollyLama

I think they could be charged with a bunch of stuff, but anything relating to the deaths of someone else racing? Nope. The two guys were not responsible for the control of the other vehicle. That is up to the driver. At any point the girl could have not stomped on the accelerator.
They were racing and they are guilty of whatever crimes that includes, but I don't assign blame to them for the deaths of the girls. If I start scrapping on the street with another biker- it's not his fault if I get in over my head and eat it.

The bike riders are considered "legally present." There's a latin phrase for it that roughly translates to "the hand of one is the hand of all." Basically if a group of people conspire to commit an illegal act, they all share in the responsibility for the outcome. There's an awful lot of legal precedent to back this up.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by nig

What a joke. 6 years for racing somebody who can't drive. What was Janklow sentenced to for running a stop sign and killing a guy again?

No shit. I think Janklow only got 3 months in jail and he actually killed somebody.

[f4igrad]

Originally Posted by Powder

No shit. I think Janklow only got 3 months in jail and he actually killed somebody.

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that is what is so fucked up about this case. You race someone and they crash and die (which you did NOT cause) and you get 6 years in jail. But you run a stop sign that you have a HISTORY of running and cream a rider and kill him, then you get a couple of months in jail. What a bunch of B.S.!!!!! It is hard to call it the "justice" system.

[CantDrv55]

It's true

Originally Posted by Desp

Well we see what the real point is here. don't race girls, they can't drive.

[bluesnowmonkey]

What if 20 guys were out on bikes, cruising down some highway at about 95 (insane speeds! they're racing!), and one of them creamed a pedestrian, dying in the process. The same principle would apply, so I guess we'd have 19 "murderers" going to jail for almost as long as it took me to finish college. Or maybe it was 200 guys...

WTF kind of justice is this.

[Rascus]

Originally Posted by f4igrad

+1111111111111111

that is what is so fucked up about this case. You race someone and they crash and die (which you did NOT cause) and you get 6 years in jail. But you run a stop sign that you have a HISTORY of running and cream a rider and kill him, then you get a couple of months in jail. What a bunch of B.S.!!!!! It is hard to call it the "justice" system.

Janklow got 100 days in jail...that's it

[SteveF4i]

people wonder why there is no confidence in the justice system.