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Billy Lane charged with DUI
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.192 is quite a bit...shows tolerance. Granted it isn't like blowing .300 or higher like some drunks who won't even weave at high numbers. But in my opine if a suspect kills another human while driving drunk then said suspect ought not ever see the light of day after conviction. But I am willing to bet that Billy Lane won't do time if he is convicted. Which sends the wrong message.
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Yeah let's paint everyone with the same brush. Come on.... one moron doesn't make the rest bad - Even if they do build butt jewelery.
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Time bomb waiting to go off......
I used to be a media reader for a non-profit in my spare time. One of the things I discovered while reading police blotters is that 99% of alcohol related fatalities are perpetrated by people who are around .02 or higher. Forget the [email protected] .08 bullshyt. This guy certainly qualifies as a serious public danger. Usually these guys are also driving with a revoked license. So Billy Boy must have been pretty lucky up until now. I'll bet he's been driving while hammered for years. I read about case after case where the perp had been convicted of DUI 5 or 6 times before killing someone.
People who drink and drive like that are eventually going to kill someone. I say, release the non-violent drug offenders and use the jail space for @$$holes like this. But we won't see any such thing. Apparently our jail space is better utilized by filling it with people who pose little risk.
Heck, after this he has a good chance of becoming a Senator. He'd be a shoo-in if he'd gone off a bridge into a river. He might even be President!
I used to be a media reader for a non-profit in my spare time. One of the things I discovered while reading police blotters is that 99% of alcohol related fatalities are perpetrated by people who are around .02 or higher. Forget the [email protected] .08 bullshyt. This guy certainly qualifies as a serious public danger. Usually these guys are also driving with a revoked license. So Billy Boy must have been pretty lucky up until now. I'll bet he's been driving while hammered for years. I read about case after case where the perp had been convicted of DUI 5 or 6 times before killing someone.
People who drink and drive like that are eventually going to kill someone. I say, release the non-violent drug offenders and use the jail space for @$$holes like this. But we won't see any such thing. Apparently our jail space is better utilized by filling it with people who pose little risk.
Heck, after this he has a good chance of becoming a Senator. He'd be a shoo-in if he'd gone off a bridge into a river. He might even be President!
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Very unfortunate, all around. Foolish, foolish, foolish of Lane to drive under the influence.
I'm hesitant to condemn someone more harshly, as I've done the same in my more formative years. And, I don't know the full story (but it doesn't look like much to tell here). But, I never killed someone - or even had an "incident" while under the influence (however I *DID* get fitShaced-stoopid after my last incident, some 17-18 years ago)
I'm hesitant to condemn someone more harshly, as I've done the same in my more formative years. And, I don't know the full story (but it doesn't look like much to tell here). But, I never killed someone - or even had an "incident" while under the influence (however I *DID* get fitShaced-stoopid after my last incident, some 17-18 years ago)
Re: Time bomb waiting to go off......
All he needed to do was go off the bridge, swim to shore, go home for the night, call the lawyers over to revise the story, and claim he didn't remember a thing because of the bump on his head. Worked for one guy, didn't it?
All he needed to do was go off the bridge, swim to shore, go home for the night, call the lawyers over to revise the story, and claim he didn't remember a thing because of the bump on his head. Worked for one guy, didn't it?
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Here's a link to follow up article in local paper titled "Brother of victim in collision speaks out".
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/60906018
He oughtta spend 20 years at hard labor, minimum, but there seem to be different rules for celebreties these days; anyone remember O.J.?
Just an old fart's opinion.
Ride Safe.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/60906018
He oughtta spend 20 years at hard labor, minimum, but there seem to be different rules for celebreties these days; anyone remember O.J.?
Just an old fart's opinion.
Ride Safe.
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