These man children playing with their toys and what is the punishment, only 5 years? The victim’s child, who will now be 7 has no mother for the rest of his life.

Here is the original story of the homicide https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/09/street-racer-gets-5-year-prison-sentence-in-crash-that-killed-26-year-old-woman-waiting-at-portland-bus-stop.html

You’d get 5 years for trying to hold up a plaid pantry and not hurting anyone, but plow through a bus stop at godknowshowfast while street racing and cream a young mother and alter her child’s life forever? 5 years. Appalling.

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    Putting this guy in a cage isn’t going to bring back the victim or help the child. I’d much rather take away his license and make him pay child support than further support the prison industrial complex.

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    Plea deal. That’s how. The government traded a 100% conviction instead of going to court.

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    Should have big mandatory minimums for this kind of thing, but we treat vehicle assaults very leniently here in Oregon - just look at the DUI wrecks with injury and killings.

    But, that requires enforcement. PPB is so inept they can’t even handle a takeover.

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      It’s not just Oregon, in the US pedestrians are absolutely disposable in a world where most folks get around by driving. Lawsuits pay but the rules don’t change.