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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly it doesn't seem like he's a terrible person, just that he made a terrible mistake. [/quote]

You need to stop saying that.   He wasn't just a young person who made a terrible mistake.  You're misleading people into thinking that he was pretty innocent.  You've said this several times and been taken to task for it; most disagree with you.  Are you his mother?

But an adult who is 2 years out of high school who has had numerous driving incidents, hasn't cleaned up his act, hasn't tried to take a driving course, and then goes 80 miles over the speed limit on a local non-highway road, and kills 3 people is not just a terrible mistake.  It's criminal negligence and should be treated the same as any other manslaughter case.  Calling this a terrible mistake minimizes his fault in this.  That suggests that he couldn't have thought that what he was doing would hurt someone.  15-20 miles over the speed limit that injures someone by accident is a terrible mistake.   80 miles over the speed limit on a local road with crossing traffic and traffic lights is homicidal and criminally negligent.  Worlds apart.
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That was my first post on this thread since the initial incident (ask Jeff). I haven't even read the other responses but I'm sorry if knowing multiple people (who aren't related to victim or perpetrator) think this.

I'm not minimizing fault. It wasn't intentional therefore it was a mistake. A horrible one he deserves to pay for. But accidentally killing three people [b]and feeling terrible about it [/b]describes a different kind of human than one that purposefully kills three people or who accidentally killed people and feels no remorse.[/quote]

I really don't believe that this guy feels remorse for his actions. He clearly never felt guilt by speeding and being charged with reckless driving previously. He didn't change his driving habits; he continued to be a danger to drivers around him. So, I'm sorry, I just don't buy the whole "feels terrible" line.

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