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22 hours

Father Throws Chair at judge after Driver who Killed his Family got 120 Hours of Community Service

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/57614897

https://metro.co.uk/2014/11/22/father-throws-chair-at-judge-after-absurdly-low-sentence-for-driver-who-killed-his-daughter-4958142/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2015/09/appeal-court-jails-driver-for-killing-couple-and-grandchild/

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      14 hours

      The motorist killed the toddler and her 67 and 64-year-old grandparents instantly when he went off the road at 75mph in a 50mph zone.

      yeah, fuck you. you lost control while speeding and you killed people as a direct result.

      straight to prison, do not pass go, loss of license for five years when you get out with mandatory training before relicensing, plus restitution to the family.

        • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14 hours

          And deserves to be in a cell with Big Beautiful Bill.

        • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          21 hours

          And now the father will get a harsher sentence than the killer?

            • FatVegan@leminal.spaceEnglish
              14 hours

              Shoul’ve just waited and run her over with a car. 3 people gets you 120 hours, one surely only gives you 40

              • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
                21 hours

                Obviously.

                  • zqps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    17 hours

                    Should have thrown a car

                      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
                        16 hours

                        Yeah, then he’d be fine, as long as he has insurance coverage and doesn’t flee the scene.

                    • Linda R@nord.pubEnglish
                      15 hours

                      The killer got 15 months in jail. Impossible to imagine somebody would get 15 months of jail for throwing a chair at a judge. So, almost surely not.

                        • Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                          14 hours

                          Not until after the chair was thrown.

                            • Linda R@nord.pubEnglish
                              14 hours

                              If that affects it at all, it decreases the punishment the father will get. If the ruling had immediately been 15 months, the throwing would have been much less justified and whatever punishment he gets would be therefore harsher.

                        • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                          22 hours

                          That’s really crazy! Only 120 hours community service?

                          Does anyone know the details of what actually happened?

                          edit

                          I didn’t see the link to what happened at first.

                          The motorist killed the toddler and her 67 and 64-year-old grandparents instantly when he went off the road at 75mph in a 50mph zone.

                            • VonReposti@feddit.dkEnglish
                              17 hours

                              I think they finally fixed it in Denmark. That would be called hazardous driving and someone just got 4 years for killing someone due to it. The sentence was reduced since he showed remorse, could have gone all the way up to 10 years.

                                • TRock@feddit.dkEnglish
                                  16 hours

                                  Er det under vanvidskørsel loven?

                                    • VonReposti@feddit.dkEnglish
                                      16 hours

                                      Artikel

                                      Det er flettet ind i straffeloven:

                                      § 241. Den, som uagtsomt forvolder en andens død, straffes med bøde eller fængsel indtil 4 måneder eller under særligt skærpende omstændigheder med fængsel indtil 10 år. Er forholdet begået i forbindelse med spirituskørsel, overtrædelse af færdselslovens § 54, stk. 1 eller 2, særligt hensynsløs kørsel eller de groveste hastighedsovertrædelser, anses dette som en særligt skærpende omstændighed.

                                  • BillyClark@piefed.socialEnglish
                                    20 hours

                                    If I were the killer in that situation, not that I ever would be, I would actually want to be given a harsher sentence than that. Because what we just witnessed in that video is the creation of a vigilante. When the government won’t seek justice for people whose lives are completely ruined, those people will seek justice themselves, and I don’t want to receive that sort of justice.

                                      • Linda R@nord.pubEnglish
                                        15 hours

                                        The good thing is, as the second link in the post says, the driver eventually did get a jail sentence of over one year.

                                        • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                                          19 hours

                                          I’m always a bit nervous when driving in cities that someone will jump in front of my car on purpose to get hit and scam me.

                                          When I first saw this sentencing I wondered if that was what happened and it went wrong.

                                          But clearly the system is just broken to only get such a small offense. I wonder if the defendant is related to someone powerful.

                                        • Pomal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                          22 hours

                                          Ethics complaints, ethics complaints everywhere. This is beyond unacceptable.

                                        • arsCynic@piefed.socialEnglish
                                          20 hours

                                          The verdict is not only distasteful, but complicit in future tragedies.

                                          • zaubentrucker@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                            20 hours

                                            Well the verdict has been appealed an the driver has been jailed now.

                                            Calm down

                                              • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                17 hours

                                                The new verdict is still unbelievably unjust. And even if it were acceptable, we should be just as pissed at this judge and the system.

                                                • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                  19 hours

                                                  Who are you telling to calm down? Surely not the father.

                                                    • zaubentrucker@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                                      18 hours

                                                      No I am talking to readers and the comments around me.

                                                      I’d obviously not have said that to the father.

                                                        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                          18 hours

                                                          I figured as much, just making sure. 😅 All good, my friend.

                                                            • zaubentrucker@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                                              18 hours

                                                              Ah, I see now how my comment can be read as a direct reply to the video :0

                                                              I’ll specify in an edit

                                                        • fantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                          14 hours

                                                          Could have done without the calm down. It doesn’t make right how the judge made such an absurd judgement the first go round. We will be calm if stupid ‘punishments’ aren’t dished out in the first place. And if people became more responsible in the death boxes on the roadways.

                                                        • 20cello@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                          21 hours

                                                          Most of judges are merely tools nowadays, laws are compromised, we need to revolt

                                                            • Linda R@nord.pubEnglish
                                                              15 hours

                                                              Well, in this case the next level of the court system did increase the sentence to over one year of jail. As should be.

                                                            • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                              22 hours

                                                              In the Netherlands as well it’s fucking egregious. This is a country which places exceptionally high standards on driver behaviour and has, for decades, had a concerted effort to discourage car use full stop.

                                                              • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                14 hours

                                                                Bummer that the judge didn’t take the chair square in the temple.

                                                                • Carrots@quokk.auEnglish
                                                                  22 hours

                                                                  Removed by mod

                                                                    • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                      22 hours

                                                                      Nothing in this video has anything to do with America…

                                                                        • november@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                                          22 hours

                                                                          Removed by mod

                                                                            • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                              22 hours

                                                                              So maybe comments about school shooters don’t belong on a thread about someone killing a child and their grandparents with a car…

                                                                                • november@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                                                  22 hours

                                                                                  This person’s implication was that somebody should shoot that judge.

                                                                                  (It’s not my opinion, but clearly I have to spell it out for you since you missed it.)

                                                                                    • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                                      22 hours

                                                                                      I get the implication. I am just fairly certain they didn’t watch the video or read the corresponding linked articles. So their comment makes them seem lazy or stupid since they couldn’t even be bothered to pay attention to what they commented on.

                                                                                      Shoehorning unrelated shit into this isn’t clever.

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