Sensible Erection | Woman Jailed After Laughing Over Victim

Sunday, 27 January 2008

quote [ During the conversation, the man told Arrington that an acquaintance believed she should get a medal and a parade because she had "taken out" a "tree hugger, a bicyclist, a Frenchman and a gay guy all in one shot. ]

I love the way her lawyer tries to tell the judge she is remorseful.

She says she hopes to share her story with MADD. I'd be happy if she just didn't keep drinking and driving.

[by maximumtodd@1:31amGMT] [+10 Good]

Comments

Viking_Biochemist said @ 1:46am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:2]
Suck on it, bitch.

strangeffect said @ 2:01am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Underrated]
"Don't just stare at it, eat it"

chronlord said @ 6:45am GMT on 27th Jan
"I know it's pretty baby, but I didn't take it out for air."

Silent said @ 2:00am GMT on 27th Jan
"What's that you say? You're perfectly okay to drive? Since you're having trouble walking a straight line, I can only assume you'd be incapable of lying, see you next week"

It's just a little too easy to feel sorry on command, I wouldn't be surprised if she blaimed the cyclist.

Naruki said @ 9:39am GMT on 27th Jan
And sued his family for damages.

cb361 said @ 2:05am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
Although the article infers it, it doesn't record that the Judge specifically said that he was giving her the stiffest penalty because of her callous remarks in private. I would have thought that killing somebody when driving on twice the legal alcohol limit when you've already been disqualified for previous drunk driving would be sufficient on its own. It's difficult to think of a worse example of manslaughter.

strangeffect said @ 2:08am GMT on 27th Jan
Could've been raining.

assbastard said @ 2:15am GMT on 27th Jan
Then she only would have killed John Cusac.

Dalej said @ 3:10am GMT on 27th Jan

Kimota said @ 2:54am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:-2 Overrated]
But the fact that the judge even talked about the call during his ruling is appalling. You are allowed a fair, impartial trial, saints and assholes alike.

maximumtodd said @ 2:59am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:2]
This wasn't to determine guilt. She was convicted 2 months ago. This was to determine sentencing, and there are a lot of factors a judge is allowed to consider.

Avid said @ 3:17am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:2 Informative]
Exactly . . . one factor that the judge may consider is the likelihood of recidivism or reoccurence. Some chick that's apparently *proud* of killing some man is not someone that I'd think will show more restraint or care for others in the future. Part of the reasoning behind jails is that it removes the person from the community, meaning that they are unable to commit further crimes while they are in custody. The other reason, is to cause mental distress and in theory, provoke remorse and a will to amend their ways.

I don't agree with prisons as a punishment in general, but given this girl's actions, and the principles of incarceration, I think the judge was correct in giving her an extended sentence, though maybe not one of this duration.

snowfox said @ 3:38am GMT on 27th Jan
Wow, I realized there was a reason I found myself liking this line of thinking, and then I looked at who wrote it.

Jewbacchus said @ 5:44am GMT on 27th Jan
Is avid actually George Takei?

snowfox said @ 2:40pm GMT on 27th Jan
Only if George Takei is my brother.

shiney things said @ 3:51pm GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Underrated]
i want it to be true!!!!

Transfer said @ 4:27pm GMT on 27th Jan
This seems obvious from reading this series of posts, but I just want to confirm; Avid = Snowfall brother?

snowfox said @ 7:03am GMT on 28th Jan
I am just gonna pretend you never misspelled my moniker as "snowfall."

-_- said @ 7:22am GMT on 28th Jan
Errors accumulate and drift, but don't let it leave you cold as I suspect he was blind to it.

ComposerNate said @ 8:06am GMT on 28th Jan [Score:2 Underrated]

-_- said @ 8:19am GMT on 28th Jan [Score:1 Underrated]

Transfer said @ 10:12am GMT on 28th Jan
zomg

I fail.

lycurgus said @ 5:22pm GMT on 27th Jan
+1 Recidivism!

Once again supporting my belief that all felonies should be potentially capital cases.

ComposerNate said @ 3:44am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:5 Funny]

samejima said @ 2:19pm GMT on 27th Jan
a good lawyer would have advised her to not talt to anyone and everyone about what happened, particularly on a phone conversation which could be recorded. In a situation where the context of the conversation could be conceived as material evidence, she would not have to verbally express permission to have the conversation recorded.

rudecookie said @ 7:46pm GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
That's what came to mind when you read this? ...

nik said @ 5:01am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:2]
It's hard to be constantly remorseful for drunkenly killing someone. Occasionally, you have to make jokes about it.

medyv said @ 1:38pm GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
I think there is a significant correlation between driving drunk and being a ghetto piece of shit that our society would be better without. As such, I'm disinclined to give the benefit of the doubt.

Not to mention 10 years is a joke of a sentence for this crime. All too typical of the ridiculous priorities of our legal system.

maryyugo said @ 5:05am GMT on 27th Jan
"Arrington's blood-alcohol content was .156 percent, nearly double Arizona's .08 legal limit. She had been driving on a suspended license for a prior DUI."

ten years is too little. someone that stupid and/or callous should get a minimum of 20 to think things over. she'll probably come out of prison unchanged or worse.

Avid said @ 5:13am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:2 Underrated]
Yeah, because someone that certainly showed no aptitude for thinking while living a relatively normal life is going to suddenly develop that ability in the rest periods between avoiding injury in the prison yard, fending off rival gangs in the caf, and stamping license plates for twelve cents an hour.

I agree that I'd like to take a tire iron to her, but that

Avid said @ 5:14am GMT on 27th Jan
doesn't make it right.

jetimus said @ 5:31am GMT on 27th Jan
hose full of buckshot? is that right- er?

sonofinterflux said @ 5:36am GMT on 27th Jan
How the hell did Judge Cruikshank "found a telephone conversation between Arrington and an unknown male friend, a week after L'Ecuyer was killed..."? They wiretap vehicular homicide suspects?

Jewbacchus said @ 5:49am GMT on 27th Jan
Man. I wish Cruikshank was my last name.

maximumtodd said @ 6:32am GMT on 27th Jan
They generally record all inmates phone calls.

EPT said @ 7:32am GMT on 27th Jan
Some of them have a fly beat.

badgerbaiter said @ 9:07am GMT on 27th Jan
That's how that Astley chap started. His stuff is fucking criminal!!

hellboy said @ 9:57am GMT on 27th Jan [Score:3 Insightful]
Manslaughter will driving drunk on a suspended license from a previous DUI? And then laughing about it? She should be permanently disqualified from society. Fucking bitch.

JOECAM said @ 1:41pm GMT on 27th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]

teknokracy said @ 7:37pm GMT on 27th Jan [Score:-1 Flamebait]
Nice, she got three out of four in my book.

k0k0peli said @ 12:13pm GMT on 28th Jan [Score:1 Underrated]
Bicyclists aren't legitimate targets. Take her out and shoot her. No, hang her - rope is reusable.

Jewbacchus said @ 2:30pm GMT on 28th Jan
With hemp. FAG hemp.

Cash said @ 5:37pm GMT on 28th Jan
I'd hit it...

with a shovel.