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That’s a disingenuous hot take. There’s a lot of discussion to be had about balancing Justice and societal/personal costs but you’ve gone and skipped past all of that.


I definitely listened in a legal podcast that somehow juries award lower sentences to road accident deaths as compared to others. Seems strange.


And you’re using a throw away to make unsubstantiated claims without reference. You’ve given no reasons to take your comments as made in good faith.


I just use the term throwaway instead of JohnDoe. A quick search:

https://abcnews.go[.]com/US/hit-run-drivers-kill-people-jail...

If I find the legal podcast link then I will link it here.


Roflmao... Okay, I've only been here a wee bit but even I recognized the username despite having memory issues (ironically here, caused by being hit no less than 5 times as a pedestrian and cyclist)....


Not at all. I've read multiple stories about how pedestrian deaths, even when warranted, rarely result in prosecution. Freakonomics even did an ep called "how to get away with murder" which was all about the statistics of pedestrian deaths.

GP had a VERY good hot take.




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