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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I can almost guarantee you that with the exception of the most stupid and reckless of individuals out there, the first time you charge someone with capital murder because they ran from the cops for a speeding ticket and killed someone, you'd have less people running from the law.
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That whole "get tough on crime" idea is old and busted. It just doesn't work. We've ramped up sentances on drugs, DUI, and all sorts of other things and it hasn't changed anything. We already have penalties for running but that doesn't stop people with a misdemeanor warrant for a traffic ticket (pay the fine and go home) from starting a high speed chase. They get caught and end up doing time for the chase they caused.
It's not as if people have some checklist they go over in their heads before they decide to run. If they did, they wouldn't run away from petty crimes (much less than this example) and increase their jail time. The first time someone gets charged with murder it will get a 10 second mention on the news. People hear it and forget it.
This death is manslaughter, not 1st degree homicide. It's on the same level of a DUI related death, not premeditated murder.
As to your other scenario about how it
could be a murderer that they just don't know about, that's not very likely is it? Next time you're pulled over, should the cops do a DNA test and a full body cavity search on you because you
might be guilty of something else that they don't know about?