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Originally Posted by whitev70r
The judge concluded that “the momentariness of the accused’s conduct in excessively speeding is insufficient to meet the criminal fault component and he must be acquitted.”
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This is the problem and why someone can drive 140 km/hr in a 50 zone and kill your son/daughter/mother/father/wife and get next to no jail time.
I always remember a case Canada Day 2011 where a motorcyclist was killed by a driver who crossed the center line on TCH in Langford. The driver Tracy Dawn Smith was high on cocaine, drunk and in a rage.
She was given
one day in jail and three years probation. Eventually she got two years in jail after Crown took the case back to the BC Court of Appeals.
For killing someone. While drunk and high and crossing the center line.
More details:
Tracy Dawn Smith Breach of Probation Court Date Monday in Surrey