Ratt Mhule Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 People gang beating people unmercifully. People teabagging and humiliating other people. And now I find this. What a screwed up world we live in these days. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/florida-man-guilty-dui-manslaughter-sues-victim-130753893--abc-news.html Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's actually more interesting than it sounds. A man died in a car accident. At dispute now is whose fault that accident was. The man who is suing survived the accident, but was prosecuted and is serving a 12-year sentence in jail. If that was a wrongful sentence, then he is absolutely a victim who deserves to be compensated. However, it does seem like this is an uphill battle. The man originally pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter. WIthout knowledge of how the accident went down, it's tough to really say make a judgment. The headline seems there for shock value - 'cause it's pretty ghastly sounding when you put it like that. This is a lot closer to "man sentenced to jail for murder alleges innocence and wrongful conviction." I don't know why he is suing the estate of the deceased for that, though. Perhaps that can be explained to me? Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's actually more interesting than it sounds. A man died in a car accident. At dispute now is whose fault that accident was. The man who is suing survived the accident, but was prosecuted and is serving a 12-year sentence in jail. If that was a wrongful sentence, then he is absolutely a victim who deserves to be compensated. However, it does seem like this is an uphill battle. The man originally pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter. WIthout knowledge of how the accident went down, it's tough to really say make a judgment. The headline seems there for shock value - 'cause it's pretty ghastly sounding when you put it like that. This is a lot closer to "man sentenced to jail for murder alleges innocence and wrongful conviction." I don't know why he is suing the estate of the deceased for that, though. Perhaps that can be explained to me? Did you read the whole article? The man was drunk. Six witnesses claimed the victims were stopped at a red light and this guy rear ended them at 70 mph. And a camera shows the victims car was not moving at the time of the accident. Where's the wrongful conviction? Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Right, I guess all of that is what's under dispute. Not a camera, by the way, a data recorder, which I guess is more liable to malfunction. If he is guilty of course this isn't going anywhere. But he isn't "suing the man he killed", so to speak. He's trying to argue that he isn't guilty of manslaughter because the other party was equally at fault. I have no idea, based on a several paragraph long media summary of the case, if his argument has merit or not. Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Is he really going for wrongful conviction? That doesn't necessarily sound like his primary goal. If so, he wouldn't be suiting the estate, would he? Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ah, I suppose what he is doing is saying, "Not only did I not do it, he did it." Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 f#*k me That's why there are SO many good attorney jokes out there. Sorry AR Quote Link to comment
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