Just how fucking fast do you have to be going to severe someone’s legs when you hit them?  Gah.

I was thinking the exact same thing as Nicole.  Geez.  Pretty damn fast!  But apparently not faster than the speed limit, eh?  Wow, what a sad story.

I was thinking that, too. Unbelievable.

The son-of-a-bitch who beat my brother to death with a baseball bat got 25 years back in 1990 and is out now. My bro was homeless at the time but who cared about him?
At least somebody is making human life more valuable now.

Neil, your post really hit me hard. Although I don’t know the facts behind your tragedy one thing is clear. The man who killed your brother should still be in jail. Accidental death is difficult enough to accept; choosing to rob someone of life is another thing entirely. I can only imagine how often events like this can remind you of your loss. Both you and Les have memories and regrets I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I’m sorry for the finality of each of your situations. Brock

Thanks Brock, that’s kind of you.

Yeah, it is a life changing event, that’s for sure. For my folks, a second son lost, one to a car accident years before. When the sentancing came down, one of the detectives said to my mom, “25 years..he’ll probably serve eight!”
REALLY COMFORTING, there blue!

They have so many drug offenders in prisons they don’t keep criminals in long anymore for horrendous crimes like murder--they need the room.

I truly hope the guy has paid his price and never commits this crime again and actually contributes to society. It’s probably wishful thinking, tho. I still want to call him an SOB.

Cheers, Neil

Oh, and when I went to see the movie, “Ghost” by myself a month after the murder was kind of poor judgement.
I cried like a retiring athlete!

well im sorry guys, things happen for a reason

Yep, usually because someone is being willfully stupid.

Obviously we don’t know the facts - we werent’ there.  But, if you read the article, the 19 year old boy (driver) drove home (about a mile away) to call 911, because he did not have a cellular phone.  It was what, under the circumstances, he felt was the best thing to do.  He (supposedly) wasn’t trying to “hide” it like the lady any her boyfriend did in that prior case (they dumped the body in a park).

The guy was cut in half? jackass musta been bookin’ it.