20 dead in upstate NY in limo accident

[Anonymous]

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His father is an FBI informant. I wonder if that had something to do with this sentence.

That has to influence the sentence. It’s unconscionable that so many were killed because of their negligence

The New York Times article about the sentence mentions that the families now are considering going after the management/employees of a local car repair business that supposedly claimed that they'd fixed the faulty brakes on that limo but hadn't, and still put a sticker on the limo saying it had passed inspection.

[Anonymous]

Limos are unsafe in general. As are any vehicles where occupants routinely do not wear seatbelts, like busses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Five to 15 years for a guilty verdict on TWENTY counts of manslaughter?

Any attorneys who can explain this? Is he basically getting 20 concurrent five-year sentences or what? This seems like very little actual jail time for so many deaths.

His father is an FBI informant. I wonder if that had something to do with this sentence.

Cite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Five to 15 years for a guilty verdict on TWENTY counts of manslaughter?

Any attorneys who can explain this? Is he basically getting 20 concurrent five-year sentences or what? This seems like very little actual jail time for so many deaths.

Consecutive sentences aren’t common in cases with multiple vehicular homicide victims. What he did was awful but doesn’t warrant 50+ years in prison.

he killed 20 people, he should be swinging from a rope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Five to 15 years for a guilty verdict on TWENTY counts of manslaughter?

Any attorneys who can explain this? Is he basically getting 20 concurrent five-year sentences or what? This seems like very little actual jail time for so many deaths.

His father is an FBI informant. I wonder if that had something to do with this sentence.

Cite?

Google is your friend.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/limo-crash-ny-fbi-informant.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/seventeen-friends-a-limo-crash-and-an-fbi-informant-the-case-that-rocked-upstate-new-york-99e3d7af

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Limos are unsafe in general. As are any vehicles where occupants routinely do not wear seatbelts, like busses.

How often are buses in serious accidents? I can't think of a single one in my area.