re: Father (Not Guilty) of killing drunk driver who killed his sons.Update

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through negligence.

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you said it yourself. negligence is not the same thing as intent.

acting in an unsafe manner which results in death is not the same as intentionally killing someone.

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yea, but you intended to cause bodily harm which resulted in death. there's a connection.

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Intent to cause bodily harm is a red herring here. It's irrelevant. My point is that the actual intent to kill someone is not always necessary. If I shoot over your head with the intent to only scare you, but accidentally hit you, have I committed murder?

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If I drive by someone's house and open fire into their house because I don't like them, and I kill a little girl sleeping in the front bedroom, did I have intent to kill that girl? Am I a murdered?

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You have to actively go to that house, aim the gun, and pull the trigger over and over into a house where you know people are. You did all that on purpose.

Trying to get home you have no intent on hurting/threatening/sending a message to anyone but you over correct in a turn or get caught playing on the radio and go into wrong lane. All you were trying to do was get home and you cost lives.

The other you had to drive there and pull a trigger and aim and did that on purpose while other was complete accident.

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Careful, there are a lot of graduates from the OT school of law here.

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I don't know what is was thinking. I forgot the typical OT reaction.

1. Skim article
2. Google key words and phrases (optional)
3. Latch onto a few key words and phrases
4. Become expert with incontrovertible opinion

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The argument are the ones saying driving drunk is basically parallel with randomly shooting someone on purpose. They don't see that one murder is an accident and the other is on purpose.

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If that's the argument, then one does not equal the other. Both may be murder, but one is clearly intentional. I was just saying that some people may believe that killing someone while driving drunk is not purely accidental.

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The rational and logical side says he needs to be arrested and convicted. Just a shitty situation all arou

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Curious.... Did you read the article? Could you convict with the evidence they have? No witness, no weapon, no powder residue, nothing...

I find it more believable that his wife ran out there and shot the guy.

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I was just saying that some people may believe that killing someone while driving drunk is not purely accidental.

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I just don't know anyone who purposefully wants to end their night with a murder wrap. It would actually seem like a worst nightmare. IT doesn't change the fact that he did murder someone but to think he did it on purpose is just people thinking if they see a difference they are somehow being softer on drinking and driving which isn't the case being made.

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Idk the facts but I heard about this last year and was under the impression he left the scene and went inside to get his gun. Can't that be 1st degree murder?

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Reads like manslaughter to me.

Like I said, whether it's intentional or not is completely irrelevant. If you drive drunk and kill someone behind the wheel, you need to suffer the consequences. End of story.