The Case For Murder

A growing number of U.S. prosecutors are pursuing harsher penalties for drunk drivers, including long prison terms for those who caused fatalities. Bob Simon reports.

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[vidarjens]

THere is a bunch of state troopers in my area that drive drunk, They protect each others butts so no one is ever charged, fraternal order of police, code of silence etc, how is it that someone gets these criminals behind bars?

[shinto91]

exactly how does it work here, the u.s. has the largest prison population in the world, i guess you mean it works in filling up our prison system and creating a financial nightmare on our tax dollars than yes it does work in doing that

[markspeeps]

@shinto91

Maybe not for the next guy but it works here.

[shinto91]

revenge doesnt work

[travitheMuffinMan]

jfmj83, If you have a problem with the justice system & how criminals are locked up for a long time, that's your problem! Your comment would probably win the award for being the most stupid one posted. People are responsible for their actions!!! If you kill someone because of your stupidity or wants, then you pay. Putting them through rehab and stuff will not say that they won't go kill again. I guess locking up Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer was a mistake, huh???

[jfmj83]

This is indeed sad, but I have a problem with sending people into prison for 15 years to life. These people go to jail and someday they will come back into society. & we think by locking them up it address the issue of their problem but it does not. We need to reform the prison system and help prisoners cope with their problems through therapy, rehab and education.

[jas1838]

But the guy decided to start his car and get into it. Also, he decided to drink. All his own choices. Also, depraved indifference murder is defined as actions which are "so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime."

[reaganismyhomeboy]

it was hypothetical, i wasnt questioning your moral code.

[travitheMuffinMan]

Well I would never drive home drunk, I'm not that stupid. I know how it destroys people's lives.

[reaganismyhomeboy]

make sure you only blame them for not believing in locking up violent convicted criminals if you would willingly and readily accept an 18 year to life sentence if you did the same thing.