Friday, July 21, 2006

Guilty or Not?

Five friends (one is pregnant) get together for a night of beer drinking. They are all drunk and get into an SUV together. The driver loses control and collides with a tree at high speed. The driver is the sole survivor of the wreck. Her blood alcohol level is two times over the legal limit. She is charged with five counts of intoxicated manslaughter (four friends and 1 unborn child) and is on trial. In this state, intoxicated manslaughter is a second-degree felony punishable by two to twenty years in prison and a $10,000 fine. As an outside observer with no ties to any of the families involved, I'm wondering if she will end up in prison.

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