Tougher laws don't make me laugh

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Five years for killing someone really? they will be out in two and half years, that is not justice for those who have lost members of there family.

British drivers who kill face tougher laws

Big News Network.com
Sunday 10th September, 2006 (UPI)

British authorities in London are cracking down on drivers whose roadway actions result in the death of another.

Beginning next July, prosecutors can charge drivers who kill someone with causing death by careless driving, which carries a maximum five-year prison term, The (London) Observer said. Motorists who cause death while talking on a cell phone or are otherwise inattentive would face jail time under the new law.

Ken Macdonald QC (queen's counsel), the director of Public Prosecutions, in an interview with The Observer, said lenient punishments for such highway fatalities undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system. Macdonald issued a directive to the 3,000 prosecutors in England and Wales, ordering that the charge must fit the crime when a motorist kills someone, The Observer said.

Currently, drivers who cause the death of another are often charged with careless driving, punishable by a fine, the newspaper said.

More than 3,500 people are killed each year on British roads, but less than one in 10 motorists involved is convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, The Observer said.


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