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February 04, 2005
It's over.: Dany Heatley pleads guilty to four of his six charges and works out a deal. He'll be on probation for three years, and has to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding.
posted by DrJohnEvans to hockey at 11:47 AM - 9 comments
I think one of those speeches should be in the form of a Locker Room interview.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:14 PM on February 04, 2005
has to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding. If he goes really fast it should only take like 4 hours. Now I have to clean my monitor after spewing pop all over it. Thanks a lot, yerfatma!
posted by grum@work at 01:27 PM on February 04, 2005
they should throw his ass in jail for a yr
posted by dhdefrag3x at 03:23 PM on February 04, 2005
Why?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:47 PM on February 04, 2005
Another example of rich/famous person getting off easy. Heatley was driving recklessly and had consumed some alcohol (though not sure exactly how much and of course the cops couldn't do a field sobriety test) and he killed another person. Further, while at a personal level Snyder's family's forgiveness is a good thing (esp. for themselves) it should not be a significant factor in sentencing since US criminal law is explicitly not about revenge; otherwise we'd see a lot more criminals get death sentences.
posted by billsaysthis at 06:38 PM on February 04, 2005
What, you don't see enough already? Any system that embraces capital punishment is motivated by revenge.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:52 AM on February 05, 2005
Weedy, everything is relative, no pun intended, and for sure I am not personally a supporter of capital punishment nor am I suggesting that Heatley should get that or even anything close to a life term. 2-4 years would be appropriate IMO. I am saying, though, that if you took the desire of the victims and their families into account there would be many more death sentences and so such input should be minimal in a judge's decision.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:10 PM on February 05, 2005
has to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding. If he goes really fast it should only take like 4 hours.