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Article #696Re: 23 yr. Old Gets 51 yr Sentence for Traffic Infraction
From: John F Carr
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:00
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In article <0a1F4.1995$HG1.56739@nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
mred <mred@netrover.com> wrote:
>I believe that by drinking and driving the intent to murder is there, just
>by the fact that you have been drinking and know you shouldn`t be driving,
>Drinking is a willful act, and so is driving afterwards.
You are saying that the crime of manslaughter should be abolished and all
deaths resulting from negligence should be prosecuted as murder. If a
death resulting from a dangerous act is murder, there is nothing left to
be called manslaughter.
--
John Carr (jfc@mit.edu)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11299e,ea0a0d8b11db2d80 X-Google-Attributes: gid11299e,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,944ccffe8d49b9f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,944ccffe8d49b9f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,944ccffe8d49b9f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,975a4f09270a26c3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public From: jfc@mit.edu (John F Carr) Subject: Re: 23 yr. Old Gets 51 yr Sentence for Traffic Infraction Date: 2000/03/31 Message-ID: <38e4b19a$0$2939@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu> X-Deja-AN: 604800529 References: <38DD9CE9.9584A07D@compuserve.com> <38E4358A.8FC04F5C@ix.netcom.com> <38E48098.48D0E316@compuserve.com> <0a1F4.1995$HG1.56739@nnrp1.uunet.ca> X-Trace: dreaderd 954511770 2939 18.184.0.47 Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Newsgroups: va.general,dc.driving,dc.general,alt.law-enforcement.traffic,rec.autos.driving