Vehicular Manslaughter

[Zephyrus]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Great minds think alike, or something like that; I was just going to post about the Stallworth story.

I wonder if Zephyrus is Stallworth.

Thanks dude. I'm reading that story.

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

You keep mentioning "if I hit someone, if I hit someone". The person would have to die for "manslaughter" to come into the equation.

Duh, no sht!

No offense but you and that kddani person just don't get it. Obviously when I say hit, I mean kill..dead.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by Zephyrus

No offense but you and that kddani person just don't get it. Obviously when I say hit, I mean kill..dead.

Um, can you read?

Btw, I'm a practicing lawyer admitted to practice in three states. I think I have a decent handle on this very basic tenant of law.

knight_shadow, I think that the word "negligence" is too big of a word for the OP.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by kddani

Um, can you read?

Btw, I'm a practicing lawyer admitted to practice in three states. I think I have a decent handle on this very basic tenant of law.

knight_shadow, I think that the word "negligence" is too big of a word for the OP.

The thing is, I'm not sure if Zephyrus really wants answers on these topics, as much as he wants to vent about the legal system. He posted about other legal issues in another thread, and Kevin and I (both upper-class law students) tried to discuss some of the reasons behind the laws in question. It seems like he's just displeased by the legal system as a whole.

I do feel sorry for his law school friend though, haha.

[Munchkin03]

When I was 13, one of my friends was hit by a car. It was a clear day, sunny, with no rain, fog, or haze. She was killed instantly, and her friend was critically injured and in physical therapy for a long time.

The driver wasn't charged because the girls ran out in the road and didn't use the crosswalks. Ironically, a few weeks after that accident, she hit another teenage girl who ran out in front of her car. I think she left town soon after that.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

When I was 13, one of my friends was hit by a car. It was a clear day, sunny, with no rain, fog, or haze. She was killed instantly, and her friend was critically injured and in physical therapy for a long time.

The driver wasn't charged because the girls ran out in the road and didn't use the crosswalks. Ironically, a few weeks after that accident, she hit another teenage girl who ran out in front of her car. I think she left town soon after that.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Exactly...I don't want to get into the past history of the guy who hit my wife and I when he was drunk driving.

[Zephyrus]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Did you read any of the posts? Negligence is mentioned several times. If someone jumped out in front of you in bad weather, you're not being negligent.



Hit and kill are not the same thing.

No kidding dipsht. I know hit and kill aren't the same thing. I said if I "hit and kill". Did you read my post? In my OP, I was referring to what my friend told me. She said that it doesn't matter, and I was trying to see if those were facts she was telling me.

Originally Posted by kddani

Um, can you read?

Btw, I'm a practicing lawyer admitted to practice in three states. I think I have a decent handle on this very basic tenant of law.

knight_shadow, I think that the word "negligence" is too big of a word for the OP.

I wouldn't give a sht if you were a practicing lawyer in 50 states and two third world countries, my question was would I go to prison (not jail) if it was an accident, as in a kid jumping right out in front of me. No, I'm not drinking and yes I'm driving responsibly, but without witnesses though.

It's obvious I can read, otherwise I wouldn't be responding to your fking post.

Originally Posted by KSigkid

The thing is, I'm not sure if Zephyrus really wants answers on these topics, as much as he wants to vent about the legal system. He posted about other legal issues in another thread, and Kevin and I (both upper-class law students) tried to discuss some of the reasons behind the laws in question. It seems like he's just displeased by the legal system as a whole.

I do feel sorry for his law school friend though, haha.

I was just trying to see where she was coming from with that. When she told me that it doesn't matter if I'm driving responsibly, if there are no witnesses, I'm screwed, I called bullsht on that whole thing. No I don't agree with everything about our legal system. Like I mentioned before, it's all based on money, not what's right and wrong. So she was wrong right? I just want her to see this that's all.

btw: if you never told me that you were a law student I would have thought you were already out practicing law. Based on your previous posts from you and Kevin, you guys seem to know what your talking about.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Zephyrus

No kidding dipsht. I know hit and kill aren't the same thing. I said if I "hit and kill". Did you read my post? In my OP, I was referring to what my friend told me. She said that it doesn't matter, and I was trying to see if those were facts she was telling me.

Originally Posted by Zephyrus

I didn't know where to post this. chit chat's good though. Here's my question. I have a friend who's in law school and she and I were talking about vehicular manslaughter. She told me that if I hit someone by accident in my car I go to prison. I told her she was full of sht. There's no way in hell if I hit someone by accident that I'm going to prison. I'm posting it here because I know there are other law students on here, and this has got to be a joke right?

I could see if I hit some dude that was doing work on the side of the road, but anywhere else, especially in bad weather? wtf??? No way.

Did YOU read your post?

Dumb ass.