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By Sebastian De Brennan, published 8/2/2006Sebastian De Brennan reflects on a road tragedy and a girl’s sentence.
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A bleeding heart for a nice young girl. What if he was a young teenage boy, driving at 90kmh over the speed limit, killed one of his mates and injured and mamed the others. Do you think he would get 2 months, and do you think you would care?
In this society, young women are protected and put on pedistals by all those around them.
Let the law be the same for young men and women, whatever the sentance would be.
The fact is, she will go away for 2 months to a minimum security prison. No university of crime can give you a crash course in 2 months. It is probably just enough time out to make her feel better, perhaps like she has paid for what she has done, and when she gets out she can begin again. Speaking from experience, it is alot easier to put something behind you if you are prisoned and feel like you have been punished than if you are not and live with yourself.
The author is very subjective and the private school girl got a rich white girls defence.
She may not be jail material, but she was not driving material either, and being an idiot in a car risking the life of others cannot be ignored or forgiven without redress for her actions.