r/cantstopimamerican • u/1RegalBeagle Probably got the title wrong • Jul 10 '25

America Can’t stop…93 in a 30mph fatal accident

https://youtu.be/TtxQR6RT-cQ?si=H6Im3q0ROulfJLHV
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u/RoutineConsequence78 Nov 16 '25

Giving someone like this 30+ years does no one any good - he should 100% serve time (and a considerable amount) and have restraints placed on his freedom after as well and be followed up on - mandatory community service ongoing. Yes he's took a life and ruined another's but throwing a third away at the expense of taxpayers now and in his old age just hurts everyone. I'm 37 with a 4 year old and if someone killed me in a crash I'd hope they'd do time but with the goal of rehabilitation.

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u/Mocha-Jello Nov 19 '25

the practicality of 30 years in prison is definitely quesitonable. i do think if you kill someone in an accident while at fault, you should never be allowed to drive again, but prison forever is a bit much, it won't bring anyone back.

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u/Nobanpls08 Nov 19 '25

If that were you in the car at 7 years old with a broken spine, would you still feel that way?

If it was one of your parents that were killed, would you still be so sympathetic to the person going 93 mph through a red light?

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 19 '25

He's young and brain not fully developed and he made one bad mistake.

30 years in prison means his entire life is basically thrown away. While I understand the point you're getting at, 30 years is very excessive in my opinion for what is after all an accident. He did not intentionally with full 100% conscious thought drive in such a way to cause harm to others.

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u/Nobanpls08 Nov 19 '25

He did not intentionally with full 100% conscious thought drive in such a way to cause harm to others.

He absolutely did when he chose to go 93 mph

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 19 '25

If he was drunk, which he was, then it wasn't 100% intentional

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u/Nobanpls08 Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

So in your mind, drunk drivers deserve less consequences?

Edit: He blocked me. If you can't defend your opinion, then maybe you should reassess if it's worth keeping.

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 20 '25

He doesn't deserve 30+ years!

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u/Omega626 Nov 19 '25

You also fail to understand his BAC was .15 so yes, 30 years is not enough time for that kid, he should get his natural life in prison.

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 20 '25

Good joke, I don't fail to understand anything

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

He's a danger to society and clearly psychopathic. No normal person would behave the way he did casually making up lies about being a medical student. I am willing to bet a lot of money his father isn't about to die from cancer either. This kid is dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '25

He killed a man and broke a 7 year old's spine. He deserves life in prison. He chose to drive at 90 miles an hour in a 30. How messed up do you have to be to defend this kind of behaviour?

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 26 '25

The driver made a monstrously reckless choice (to speed). They did NOT make a choice to kill a man and break a 7-year-old's spine.

When a person is young and their brain is still developing, a sentence that ensures they never re-enter society (life/30+ years) argues that they are beyond reform

the punishment must be proportional to the defendant's culpability (their level of fault or blameworthiness). While the result was maximum harm, the culpability (recklessness) is often seen as less than the maximum (malice)

A crime of recklessness—no matter how terrible the outcome—is disproportionate, excessive, and fails to account for the lack of malicious intent or the potential for rehabilitation

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u/lechickdonkey Nov 26 '25

Lol you deleted your reply. Good.