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by dominotw 3041 days ago
> Legislation was also introduced to change committing homicide with a vehicle to be vehicular manslaughter to reduce the severity of the penalty to increase adoption of automobiles.

And that applies only if you are not poor?

Also that seems wrong ( see United states vs other countries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular_homicide
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bdamm 3041 days ago
The poor can't afford good lawyers. Much is then left to the district prosecutor to file correct charges - a practice with a long history of abuse.
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dominotw 3041 days ago
> The poor can't afford good lawyers.

No one is disputing that well known fact.

I am asking why this applied to "because USA". Do other countries not let rich people choose better lawyers?

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JonnyNova 3041 days ago
Not that directly, but the US legal process definitely favors the wealthier because they have access to more resources, namely better lawyers.
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dominotw 3041 days ago
> US legal process definitely favors the wealthier because they have access to more resources, namely better lawyers.

In which country does this not apply? What makes this apply only to US?

> Of course that is to be expected in USA, since drivers are constantly so protected, unless they are poor.

I am referring to this @jessaustin. How is rich getting lenient sentences across the board relevant here? What does that have to do with driving.

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jessaustin 3040 days ago
You seem to have edited this after my reply. The time to edit that reply has now elapsed so I will reply again.

In USA, while crime in general is punished harshly, killing people with a car is a good way not to do any prison time and pay minimal fines. It's an issue of fairness, especially when poor people routinely see e.g. "taillight out" citations they can't afford to pay turn into years-long struggles with the criminal persecution system. If this topic interests you, look into the various reports about Ferguson MO.

Your questions in this thread, while aggressive, never hit upon exactly what troubled you about my initial short parenthetical comment that I only wrote to qualify the overall short post. Was it "USA", "drivers", "poor", "protected", or "negligence"? Was there any one word you would have removed?

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jessaustin 3041 days ago
Did someone say this applied only to US?
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