A Tale of Two Killings
• Skip OlivaLet's consider two cases. In the first case, a driver with an elevated
blood-alcohol level accidentally strikes and kills a pedestrian who was
jaywalking. The driver enters a guilty plea for manslaughter and
receives a sentence of 30 days in jail, two years house arrest, 1,000
hours of community service, eight years probation, and permanent
revocation of his driver's license. The driver also reaches a financial
settlement with the victim's family.
Here's yet another question: what if, instead of a famed football player and cop, it would have been me and you? Do you think that we would have got away with community service, probation and a slap on the wrist or don't you think that those prosecutor would have gone for the jugular and you and I would up spent at least 20 years behind bars? See, that to me is the real tragedy not that it was between those two