Bob Breedlove, a champion endurance cyclist and respected orthopaedic surgeon from Des Moines, Iowa, USA, was killed when a pick up truck collided in to him.
The driver had no licence and was 15 years old.
He got probation, 24 hours of community service and paid $200, as the "consequence".
The family was unhappy with the "hometown favouritism" of the local authorities.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Questions:
Why does the investigation sound like a cover-up?
There's no such thing as an accident - just human error mainly. So where are the deservedly harsh penalties for killing people?
Who decided killing a human one way results in a 20 year prison sentence, and killing a human another way results in a $200 inconvenience? Absolutely crazy!
2 comments:
This is insane. I paid more for my speeding ticket in August.
Too many stories like this out there. The one that disturbs me the most is the 19 year old woman who drove off the road and killed a cyclist because she was downloading a ring tone. She got "the maximum sentence of six months of conditional discharge a form of probation without reporting to an officer a $1,000 fine and traffic safety school."
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=1176
Why can't the penalty for taking someone's life be more like the 5 years prison and $250,000 fine that they can slap on you for copying a DVD? Twisted.
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