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this family need help over a drunk driver, updated
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this was posted an a forum that my hubby goes on, this family need as many people to sign this petition as possible i'll just copy and paste
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1050494&mid=215768&i=0&nmt=Drink+drive+killer%2C+please+help!!&mid=215768
Hi all, have not started a topic in general gassing before and am not a particularly regular poster so please be gentle!
About this time last year a good friend of mine was knocked off his motorbike and run over by a very drunk driver. The woman in question then fled the scene leaving my friend dying in the road. She was subsequently arrested, charged and eventually pleaded guilty at the last available opportunity to death by careless driving. This put the family and friends through an unnecessary 6 months of hell as they endured the wheels of the legal system gearing up for a full trial only for the plea to then be changed. Following this, the judge gave her the maximum sentence possible (with guilty plea discount) of 6 years, to which she could have realistically expected to be released in around 2 and a half...
Fast forward to the present day. She has now served 6 months of her sentence and is applying for early release due to 'undue hardship.' There is a very real chance of this happening and the family of the victim has not been given any opportunity to formally state their case through an impact statement, due to the incompetence of the legal system not informing them of the appeal in time.
The family and friends are doing all they can to state their case through the proper channels and have managed to get a meeting with the CPS a mere 6 days before the hearing starts. In the meantime, a close friend has started an online petition to vent our frustration an hopefully make the point that we feel utterly let down by the legal system as well as disgusted at a woman that has at every opportunity attempted to avoid the consequences of her dreadful crime. If you feel as disgusted as I am at this then please sign it.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-waynes-drink-driver-killer-from-early-release-from-prison/
Apologies in advance to the spelling/grammar Nazis but she was understandably upset when she wrote it, as am I writing this!
Nothing can bring my friend back but I and everyone that knew him would just like to see justice served in some small form.
Thanks for reading, Dave
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1050494&mid=215768&i=0&nmt=Drink+drive+killer%2C+please+help!!&mid=215768
Hi all, have not started a topic in general gassing before and am not a particularly regular poster so please be gentle!
About this time last year a good friend of mine was knocked off his motorbike and run over by a very drunk driver. The woman in question then fled the scene leaving my friend dying in the road. She was subsequently arrested, charged and eventually pleaded guilty at the last available opportunity to death by careless driving. This put the family and friends through an unnecessary 6 months of hell as they endured the wheels of the legal system gearing up for a full trial only for the plea to then be changed. Following this, the judge gave her the maximum sentence possible (with guilty plea discount) of 6 years, to which she could have realistically expected to be released in around 2 and a half...
Fast forward to the present day. She has now served 6 months of her sentence and is applying for early release due to 'undue hardship.' There is a very real chance of this happening and the family of the victim has not been given any opportunity to formally state their case through an impact statement, due to the incompetence of the legal system not informing them of the appeal in time.
The family and friends are doing all they can to state their case through the proper channels and have managed to get a meeting with the CPS a mere 6 days before the hearing starts. In the meantime, a close friend has started an online petition to vent our frustration an hopefully make the point that we feel utterly let down by the legal system as well as disgusted at a woman that has at every opportunity attempted to avoid the consequences of her dreadful crime. If you feel as disgusted as I am at this then please sign it.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-waynes-drink-driver-killer-from-early-release-from-prison/
Apologies in advance to the spelling/grammar Nazis but she was understandably upset when she wrote it, as am I writing this!
Nothing can bring my friend back but I and everyone that knew him would just like to see justice served in some small form.
Thanks for reading, Dave
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Signed. Hope they see through her and make her serve the full 6 years!! This country's justice system is a joke!:mad:0/2013
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I'll head on over there to sign just as soon as I get home, as the sites been blocked at work for some reason.
I want to just add something though and I warn you I have a knack for airing the hard, cold and inconvenient truth that nobody wants to hear.
With rapists, murders, sex offenders, etc, getting the same lenient sentances, the problem really lies with the criminal justice system. This petition could go viral, the press/media/TV could even take it on, but in truth the implications are far further reaching than just this one tragic case.
No.... It may not succeed this time, but if you all sit around thinking "there's no point in fighting this", then nothing will ever change, and then next time it could be you or your own loved one's!!“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Just signed it.0
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Signed.
Drink driving and killing someone is seen as a secondary form of manslaughter by our miserable justice system. We have MPs and successive Governments that do nothing about it. Does any else think that failing to give a sample and getting a one year ban is obscene. You could be in a category where you are several times over the limit and deserve a 3 year ban and a jail term, but escape with a 1 year ban for failing to give a sample?! Surely there should be a automatic 5 year ban for failing to give a sample to deter people from doing so.The man without a signature.0 -
Signed. It's an absolute disgrace.0
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Signed and posted on Facebook.0
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Signed........0
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No offence is there a reason this is on an e-petiton site and not the official government one at all?
Happy to sign, remember seeing this woman's name and reading the story, infuriating.
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Signed. Sad to say this story hasn't shocked me in the least
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Duly signed.0
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