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OT lawyers: is Tony Stewart going to go to jail?
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:52 am
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:52 am
How does he get out of this? It looks like vehicular manslaughter to me.
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:54 am to RedRifle
Why does it look like manslaughter to you? If a guy is walking in the middle of the interstate and gets hit, does that drive get manslaughter too?
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:55 am to RedRifle
Not a lawyer, but it would seem hard to prove that it was intentional imo
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:56 am to Speck
im sure they have some sort of rules about walking around the track when cars are driving around it, I say no chance of him being charged with anything
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:56 am to RedRifle
I couldn't tell if there was a deliberate swerve by Stewart to buzz the guy that turned into a clip by Stewart's car that led to his death.
..the other guy was an idiot for getting out of his car. Wrecks happen all of the time, and it's usually someone's fault.
..the other guy was an idiot for getting out of his car. Wrecks happen all of the time, and it's usually someone's fault.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:59 am to LSUAlum2001
I think Stewart was road raging and fricked up but no way it can be proven.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 10:59 am to RedRifle
quote:lolwtf
It looks like vehicular manslaughter to me.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:00 am to RedRifle
Probably not. Guy was walking towards his car on a race track. Very little way to show intent, recklessness or even negligence beyond a reasonable doubt based on what I have seen so far.
Not to mention issues regarding contributory negligence of the victim and assumption of risk issues.
Not to mention issues regarding contributory negligence of the victim and assumption of risk issues.
This post was edited on 8/10/14 at 11:03 am
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:02 am to Speck
They both acted like idiots and from the video it looks like both were responsible for what happened. I find it hard to believe that Tony tried very hard to get out of the way and it even looked like he hit the accelerator earlier than needed just so he could send the back out to "bump" the guy.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:04 am to RedRifle
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OT lawyers: is Tony Stewart going to go to jail?
Not a lawyer, but no he's not going to jail.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:06 am to junkfunky
He should go to prison for vehicular manslaughter at the very least, but he will not. What TS did was wrong and he has to live with that burden forever.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:06 am to WDE24
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Not to mention issues regarding contributory negligence of the victim and assumption of risk issues.
Inapplicable to a criminal case, but I don't think you can prove criminal negligence here
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:07 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Yeah, I don't think he he'll be convicted of anything but I think he will lose the civil suit that's sure to follow.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:09 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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He should go to prison for vehicular manslaughter at the very least,
wut?
a guy dressed in black (at night) who walks into his driving path, and it's "vehicular manslaughter"?
hell the guy who died almost got hit by 2 other cars (one of which was a lot higher than TS)
This post was edited on 8/10/14 at 11:10 am
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:10 am to junkfunky
I agree, looks like he hit the gas after he passed him just to taunt him a little and ended up killing the kid. But I would have to think any lawyer would the NASCAR defense. Kid came down from embankment on drivers right while he was making a left turn.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:10 am to Seymour
quote:As affirmative defenses, but not as it relates to causation (I think). Maybe wrong about that.
Inapplicable to a criminal case
This post was edited on 8/10/14 at 11:12 am
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:10 am to SlowFlowPro
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a guy dressed in black (at night) who walks into his driving path, and it's "vehicular manslaughter"?
hell the guy who died almost got hit by 2 other cars (one of which was a lot higher than TS)
this...
you other people are fricking idiots...
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:10 am to junkfunky
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even looked like he hit the accelerator earlier than needed just so he could send the back out to "bump" the guy.
Thats what I thought too? He does accelerate! But to hit the guy or not can never be proven.
Is it common for nascar guys to drive in these races? They wreck all the fricking time. So you would think they get injured. And skill sets don't seem to translate? To my admittedly NASCAR ignorant self.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:12 am to junkfunky
Stewart hit the accelerator, and swerved into the guy. With that said, lawyers will lie and state Stewart accidentally hit the guy. Stewart will pay the family millions to make it all go away, but that's all that will happen to Stewart.
Posted on 8/10/14 at 11:13 am to LateArrivalforLSU
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Stewart hit the accelerator, and swerved into the guy. With that said, lawyers will lie and state Stewart accidentally hit the guy. Stewart will pay the family millions to make it all go away, but that's all that will happen to Stewart.
You cannot tell that from the video.
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