Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison - the drunk , rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?

I can't even begin to describe how messed up that is.

What a crock of @!$%#! I hope to God that that girl pays for it in some way. That man's life is ruined. If he gets locked up it will be a win for politics in justice. A place politics doesn't belong. How can you charge him for ANYTHIG?! what a crock of @!$%#.....jeezus I'm so tired of people getting the short end of the stick for things they didn't do.

Wow. Sad story.

What can be done to help this man?

From what is printed in the story, which Im sure is not the whole story, she is at fault completely. Unless he came out of nowhere and cut her off, which it does not seem like, the person behind is at fault. If you rear-end anyone, it is just about guaranteed you are found at fault. She was intoxicated, she had a similar prior which can be brought in to show a pattern of behavior.

Could this indeed be a case of "One law for the rich and another for the poor?" Or, even, dare I say it?

"One law for Whites, one law for people of colour?"

Mind you, having said this, he should not have left the scene of the accident, nor, do I feel that executing a "U" turn on a busy road is a very sensible idea, legal or not.

I believe that some states have laws that state that if a driver is over 0.08, he or she is a at fault no matter what. If that isn't the case here, obviously whoever caused the accident is liable. Unfortunately, many percieve that a person who hits-and-runs is basically admitting guilt. It doesn't sound like he's necessarily saying that she caused the accident. He isn't saying that he caused it either though. She isn't saying much of anything at all.

To me it sounds like both drivers were at fault. One was drunk and following too closely. The other made a turn when there was insufficient room to do so, then drove away. Thats 4, count 'em FOUR bad actions going on here.

The fact that the girl wasn't charged for a DUI is surprising at best, definitely suspicious. If the court finds that either of them was guilty of driving their cars in a negligent manner, then that can lead to a vehicular homicide charge.

then that can lead to a vehicular homicide charge.

I take it that's what we in Britain would call "Death by Dangerous Driving?"

underaged drinkers are morons and should be locked up until death

At least one witness, a friend of Varker's who was just behind her on the highway, told deputies that the other car was slowing too dramatically for her to stop; Varker had to lurch into the center lane just to avoid rear-ending him.

If this friend was just behind Varker on the highway, and if she is correct that the guy making the u turn slowed too dramatically for Varker to stop, then how is it that she was not caught up in the accident as well? This doesn't make sense.

Plus, the police didn't get around to questioning the Varkers friends until months after the accident?!? The kid screwed up this bad and the parents are hiring attorneys and investigators?!? Way to go parents, good job teaching your kid how to accept responsibility. Your kid drives drunk (17 yo and all of them wearing "drinko de mayo" shirts?!? WTF), her friend dies, she has a fake id, and you try to get her off scot free! Nice! I'm sure she'll turn out to be quite the responsible citizen. They need to do us all a favor and keep their little menace away from the general public.

Oh yeah, and these paragons of parenthood instructed their daughter's friends to not cooperate with the police.

I'm pissed.

Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison - the drunk , rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?

I guess the poor, black one. Where's my prize?

Way to easy, I'm sad to say.

U turns may be permitted, but in my state they are only legal when you check for oncoming traffic and you can make the turn safely.

Agreed that the drunk driver should face a penalty here.

Hetep and Respect. Just in case there is anyone who thinks driving while Black in America is a made up phrase, don't try it in reality.

I was in a car with a Korean man. A black CHP stopped him. He cited my friend for some made up charge. He then cited me for not wearing a seat belt. I was wearing it. (There is a lot of animosity between blacks and Koreans). He was basically cited for Driving While Korean. I was cited for Being in a Car With a Korean.

This is not an unusual occurence.

I hope this will all get worked out in court, but my reason for posting is to question the title of the seed.

Wilkerson was anything but sober. He had consumed alcohol that day, and while he was under the legal limit he was not sober. He had also smoked pot.

I wasn't there, I didn't see it happen. But for all you know he could have braked too fast, like one of the witnesses stated.

I say let a jury decide, instead of Sarah Fenske.

They should not have been driving drunk, but he also had onsumed alcohol and pot, and neither one of them should have been behind the wheel. Having said that, he should be charged for leaving the scene, and driving under the influence, and she should be charged with dui and all the other charges. No way she should walk free, but he also should not walk free. 21 years? no.

It is misleading title.

It is misleading title.

Yes, I have often noticed how headlines can mislead, or even lie outright. The problem is, on some seeds you have the ability to change the headline or write your own, but others the headline automatically shows, and you can't change it.

*sigh*

2 wrongs dont make a right. Either they both get in trouble or the both get off. Its not really important to what happen. If they both had any alochol in there system, niether should have been driving...in which it would have never happen. Since it did happen....Who casued it is more liable.

Im in tennessee....Theres a case similiar here to this one.... Both cars in accident were legal over the limit either on pills or alochol. one died and the other one is still alive. The one faces 12 years. But both were wrong and niether should have been there. So its hard to say.