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Originally Posted by Schroeder
While he should be punished I find 9 months in jail too harsh given the facts.  |
I know of a driver who has killed two cyclists on separate occassions, for the first in 1986 he was sentenced to two years, for the latest - banned from driving for five years and 300 hours community service. Car drivers killing cyclists through bad driving gets very little more than a slap on the wrist, a small fine and a ban for a year or two.
We need law closer to those in the Netherlands. Anyhoo that's a slight aside - I too think it's a bit harsh a sentence, but I'm also wondering that as he's from a prominent family in Pakistan that he'd be muslim and shouldn't be drinking at all!
