re: Henry Ruggs sentenced to 3 to 10 years in Prison

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What he did was horrible and indefensible, no doubt, but the applicable statute and sentencing guidelines would never allow life without parole for DUI resulting in death.

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Certainly not by law, but I do believe a logical case can rather easily be made.

I don't agree with the guy saying going 150mph means there was intent but...Going 156mph while drunk is enough to reasonably assume that something really bad could happen and you're endangering the lives of others. He made the decision to do both together knowing or should know that reasonable assumption.

So when something bad did happen, I'm not saying everyone has to agree, but I think there is a clear logical argument to be made that this person does not deserve to ever walk free again considering he killed someone with the decisions he made.

I'd apply similar logic to if you knowingly run a red light just because you didn't want to sit and wait 2 minutes and you cause an accident.

If your intent is to be reckless, you should pay severe consequences when your recklessness causes someone to die. I would argue 3-10 years isn't severe enough. I get the response of losing a decade of his life, losing millions, all fair points. The simple counter is a person died due to his intentional recklessness, that trumps money and a few years IMO