Justice
Many of you who have read my journal and profile know that I lost a son in a car wreck July 6th 2005. The driver of the vehicle walked away from the accident, went home, went to bed, slept 10 hours and then called the authorities to tell them that my son had stolen his vehicle during the night.
The vehicle was spotted laying upside down in a treeline, by a farmer who was going to his field. He call authorities and they dispatched an officer to the scene. As the officer was checking out the vehicle, he noticed my son's body laying in a ditch near the vehicle. He was dead. CSI was called in and an investigation began. They impounded my son's body and we could not make funeral arrangements till the investigation was completed. When questioned about the accident, the driver lied to the Police, he falsified a Police report, he hid his blood clothes in a neighbors trash can, he got numersous coninuances in court, etc. After it was all said and done and, 2 years later, the driver was convicted and got 45 evenings in jail. He was released every morning to drive to his job then return to the jail to eat supper and sleep till the next morning. In addition, he paid an $8500 fine and was placed on probation for 4 years.
I watched a similar case on "Forensic Files" on TV the other night where a driver hit a guy on a bicycle, killed him and left the scene. He hid his van in his garage. The police tracked the vehicle to him by the paint chip left on the ground by the bicycle, and by the broken pieces of the parking light. This man was convicted too and he got 4 years in prison.
4 years in prison verses 4 years probation, 45 evenings in jail and a $8500 fine. Where is the justice for my son who left 3 children behind? The driver of the mentioned van was drunk, that's why he hid the van. The driver of the vehicle who killed my son was drunk too, that's why he slept 10 hours before he reported the accident and why he said his vehicle was stolen.
Makes a person think there is no justice for victims anymore.
The vehicle was spotted laying upside down in a treeline, by a farmer who was going to his field. He call authorities and they dispatched an officer to the scene. As the officer was checking out the vehicle, he noticed my son's body laying in a ditch near the vehicle. He was dead. CSI was called in and an investigation began. They impounded my son's body and we could not make funeral arrangements till the investigation was completed. When questioned about the accident, the driver lied to the Police, he falsified a Police report, he hid his blood clothes in a neighbors trash can, he got numersous coninuances in court, etc. After it was all said and done and, 2 years later, the driver was convicted and got 45 evenings in jail. He was released every morning to drive to his job then return to the jail to eat supper and sleep till the next morning. In addition, he paid an $8500 fine and was placed on probation for 4 years.
I watched a similar case on "Forensic Files" on TV the other night where a driver hit a guy on a bicycle, killed him and left the scene. He hid his van in his garage. The police tracked the vehicle to him by the paint chip left on the ground by the bicycle, and by the broken pieces of the parking light. This man was convicted too and he got 4 years in prison.
4 years in prison verses 4 years probation, 45 evenings in jail and a $8500 fine. Where is the justice for my son who left 3 children behind? The driver of the mentioned van was drunk, that's why he hid the van. The driver of the vehicle who killed my son was drunk too, that's why he slept 10 hours before he reported the accident and why he said his vehicle was stolen.
Makes a person think there is no justice for victims anymore.
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