alt Hacker NewsThe message that incapacity, even to the point of killing four people, will be excused is quite clear.
The deterrence argument is used to throw the book at people committing minor crimes like shoplifting. Let's apply it to quadruple homicide, eh?
Mary Long Fau should have died in prison.
> The deterrence argument is used to throw the book at people committing minor crimes like shoplifting
And it doesn't work there, so why would it work for impaired driving?
You seem to be operating under the idea that because she didn't go to jail, there were no consequences. This seems false.