Awful story. But sending the culprit to prison for X decades would bring nobody back and solve precisely nothing (no, it’s not a deterrent, that’s not how things work in accidents like this).
Quintana-Lujan initially told authorities that his steering wheel locked up, but two National Transportation Safety Board investigators found no issues with his truck. The NTSB concluded that driver fatigue was to blame for the deadly collision.
“I would still like for him to actually admit what happened that morning,” Wells said.
This IMO is the crucial bit. I was once run over while cycling, fairly bad messed up, and the driver contested the facts and got off with basically nothing. Whatever. The thing that bothered me was not that the driver didn’t “pay”, it was that the truth was not established and I got no apology.
There is obviously zero evidence of that he “intentionally” did anything. As for capital punishment, that’s IMO a typically American approach to justice, inspired by religion, obsessed with revenge. Killing prisoners does nothing but brutalize society and add misery to misery.
As I mentioned, I was myself a victim of a reckless driver (could not walk for 4 months). And I was never interested in making that driver suffer, so apparently this is partly cultural.
Awful story. But sending the culprit to prison for X decades would bring nobody back and solve precisely nothing (no, it’s not a deterrent, that’s not how things work in accidents like this).
This IMO is the crucial bit. I was once run over while cycling, fairly bad messed up, and the driver contested the facts and got off with basically nothing. Whatever. The thing that bothered me was not that the driver didn’t “pay”, it was that the truth was not established and I got no apology.
Drivers know they will not be punished for murders using their vehicles, because of cases exactly like this.
The best way to deter them is to put up physical barriers to cars, and then severely and routinely punish drivers who behave aggressively.
This man intentionally killed 2 people while attempting to kill
1926. They’re going to let him drive again in six months. He should be executed.There is obviously zero evidence of that he “intentionally” did anything. As for capital punishment, that’s IMO a typically American approach to justice, inspired by religion, obsessed with revenge. Killing prisoners does nothing but brutalize society and add misery to misery.
As I mentioned, I was myself a victim of a reckless driver (could not walk for 4 months). And I was never interested in making that driver suffer, so apparently this is partly cultural.