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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:22 am
by gkoutlis
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:36 pm
by Fastlane
gkoutlis wrote:Guys, I agree with you all here - This shows how crap our Justice System really is!!!!
I mean finding this guy not guilty on a account that he was not speeding or driving erratic - Doing this will sets the wrong example - That it IS ok to dring and drive - I mean this guy who hit the girl last year - Jess - Had a BA reading of 1.065 - Thats WAY over the limit.
What would happen if the judges grandchild was killed by a drink driver - he would throw him in the slammer even if the guy had a BA reading of 0.008....
Our whole justice system needs to have a radical shake up - they keep letting these guys off the hook....!!!
Think you need to follow the news a bit better. If his reading was 1.065 wouldnt he be DEAD? More like 0.165 or similar.
And, the law got changed after that accident so in such instances, the burden on proof that they were NOT driving dangerously falls on the defendant. Oh, and the not guilty verdict was decided by a jury, not a judge.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:06 pm
by Smiffy
the guy that handed himself into Police last night was charged.
Leaving the scene of an Accident
Failing to Stop after an accident
And, Failing to report the Accident
He was accompanied by his father who is a Police Officer into the station to hand himself in.
He faces court on Friday - and lets hope our Justice System throws him in the slammer for a long time.!!!
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I'm no law guru...but from my limitted knowledge of the justice system, they don't seem to be serious offences.
The must not have had the evidence to charge him with the more serious stuff, like Dangerous Driving Causing Death
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:19 pm
by Fastlane
Smiffy wrote:the guy that handed himself into Police last night was charged.
Leaving the scene of an Accident
Failing to Stop after an accident
And, Failing to report the Accident
He was accompanied by his father who is a Police Officer into the station to hand himself in.
He faces court on Friday - and lets hope our Justice System throws him in the slammer for a long time.!!!
I'm no law guru...but from my limitted knowledge of the justice system, they don't seem to be serious offences.
The must not have had the evidence to charge him with the more serious stuff, like Dangerous Driving Causing Death
You're jumping the gun a bit there, arent you?
For all we know, she might have stepped out in front of him.. nothing I've heard so far indicates that he was driving dangerously?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:59 pm
by Millsy
Until he has been proven to be in the guilty i don't think ANYONE should be making comments. Since no one on this site saw what happned , for all we can know, she may have stepped out into the traffic .... But, that is still no excuse for fleeing the scene
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:01 pm
by Smiffy
Hows that jumping the gun??...all I said was that the offences don't seem that serious, for what has actually happened. Therefore there must not be any evidence of a more serious offence.
I can't see anyone doing time for those charges (If found guilty)
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:33 pm
by brad_88
fastlane whats your problem. you seem to be sticking up for both of the people. fuck them they stuffed up not our problem the guy should of went to jail and the latest one better go or its true the justice system is bullshit
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:39 pm
by WPXZBP
All people are deemed to be innocent until proven guilty. That's the cornerstone of our justice system.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:44 pm
by radiohead
Ooh.. I bet that post won't last long....
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:45 pm
by Millsy
WPXZBP wrote:All people are deemed to be innocent until proven guilty. That's the cornerstone of our justice system.
i tried to say that buddy.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:00 pm
by Fastlane
Brad Michau wrote:fastlane whats your problem. you seem to be sticking up for both of the people. fuck them they stuffed up not our problem the guy should of went to jail and the latest one better go or its true the justice system is bullshit
Sticking up for our justice system perhaps? He was found not guilty by way of a jury, so thats the end of the story.
To be honest, theres way too much comment on here on what people think should happen to those that have
ALLEGEDLY committed a crime without knowing ANY of the facts - I guess thats the basis of my earlier post.
No-one here has the right to be judge, jury and executioner.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:33 pm
by Millsy
Couldn't have said it better myself Fastlane
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:05 am
by Walks
Hey, lets talk about real crims, like the bloke in the West 2 days ago [/stir]
Walks.
p.s. to those who think he has got away with serious charges (munster fella)......I remind thee of the story about the old bull and the young bull from the movie "Colors".
