July 2nd, 2005, A limo driver was driving people home after a wedding....?

when a truck, driving in the wrong direction on Meadowbrook Highway on Long Island, crashed into it killing both the limo driver and the 7 year old flower girl, decapitating her. Her mother was seen cradling her head on the side of the road. The driver of the truck was drunk and fell unconscious after the accident. He admitted to not caring about the outcome of his actions. He was from out of state, didn't have a license and had been arrested in his home state twice for driving drunk in the wrong direction on the highway and once for driving drunk.



His mother says "It was just an accident".



This is a true story and hit home for everyone here. The trial just started. What do you think should happen to this guy?

July 2nd, 2005, A limo driver was driving people home after a wedding....?
life imprisonment for murder in the first degree, under the rubric "depraved heart indiffernece" to suffice as sufficient intent for the charge.
Reply:The defendant's lack of remorse his repeated drunk driving, and the utter callousness of his act, will weigh heavily in the sentensing. (life without parole is a good bet.). Depraved heart indifference arises when the act is very likely to result in death, it's obvious, and Report It
Reply:the defendant could care less. (depraved). an example is firing a 303 round into a moving passenger train. With that defendant's intent to kill, is no longer a requirement to find guilt. Report It
Reply:I hope he gets life, or 2 life sentences for each death. But I really hope he doesn't get to cop out with an insanity plea. Report It
Reply:That is very sad,I hope the families of those killed can get some closure.He should get life as far as I'm concerned.His acts were willful and he showed no remorse.The other cons in jail don't like child killers,he will have a very hard life.
Reply:I WOULD SAY DEATH BUT HE NEEDS TO BE TORMENTED EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE...... YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THAT ASSS IN PRISON... THEY HATE WHEN U DO THINGS TO LITTLE KIDS SO I WOULD SAY BEFORE LONG HE WILL END UP DEAD IN PRISON.....
Reply:He should be jailed for vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving and driving while on the revoked list. He should probably serve 15 to 20 years for this. The mother sounds as if she's in denial. I think there is enough legal precedent in similar cases in N.Y. for this individual to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law..
Reply:thats so sad !!! i feel sorry for the mom!!! i wish they hadthe whole story and all the images in very curious seeing these things
Reply:What do u think should happen??? Damnit he should get the death penalty or Life in prison... DUH
Reply:This is far to commom in our society, and the minor things that happened to him on his last convictions is part of the problem,



But 20 years to life in prison would be what I would look for.
Reply:4 years max is his sentence......if contrite he gets less
Reply:death penalty by "decapatation" !!!!!!!!!!
Reply:He should be prosecuted for criminally negligent homicide. Seeing as how he was drunk and unrepentant, he'll probably get the max, which is unfortunately only two years.



I don't think "depraved heart indifference" would apply, as depraved indifference shows that conduct has an imminently dangerous grave risk of death, as opposed to a "substantial" (lesser) risk of death. Driving drunk isn't imminent.



However, I'm not a lawyer, and the above guy is, so there ya go.
Reply:If the facts are exactly as you state them, and, I were on the judge. I would sentence him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Of course, that is what our law provides. If he was convicted twice for drunk driving, did not have a license and said he did not care about the outcome...if it happened in a country that I ruled, he would be executed. He has a track record, doesn't care about anything or anyone, caused a death, why should the taxpayers even be put through the expense of supporting him for the rest of his life. In fact, I wouldn't even spend the money on the drugs to kill him, I would lock him in a room with the girls family and family members of other people he hurt. An eye for an eye...
Reply:He should meet his maker and face judgment. I think they should charge him with murder. He should also be given the death penalty.
Reply:He should goto prison for vehicular homicide.
Reply:Seems like a redundant question. He should and will be tried and sentenced like everyone else, unless this is the world's first trial by Yahoo Answers.
Reply:frightening that one feels compelled to ask such a question....

What I THINK should happen to him and what LEGALLY can happen are two different things....In my OPINION: death penalty for murder.

What WILL happen more than likely a slap on the wrist...after all he is sick.....blah....blah....blah....
Reply:if he has no regard for society, society has no regard for him. Jail him for life. There is no indication that he wouldnt do it again given the chance.
Reply:Why even bother. he's a danger hazard out on the street, and the stupid cops and judges won't realize it until it is truly to late.