A lawyer in Canberra killed a cyclist by driving too fast on an exit ramp and missing the road on three inside of the curve where the cycle lane is and where a cyclist was.
He was speeding, was likely drunk as he neither sought help for the cyclist nor turned himself in for several hours after the collision. All in all he was about the worst case of recklessly injuring someone and carelessly leaving them to die
If we’re talking about Canberra, wait 'til you hear about Mike Hall. His killer didn’t face any punishment despite driving an unroadworthy vehicle and obviously not paying attention, to be able to not notice a cyclist in reflective clothing on a straight wide road. He was also probably speeding, but police used an outdated method of estimating speed which declared he wasn’t speeding.
“Ohhhh calm down, they only killed someone!” That’s what you sound like. Would you be ready to be the next victim of a reckless driver? If not, shut the fuck up, apologist
I’m not apologising for shit, I just don’t believe in the fluffing death penalty. I do firmly believe that perpetrators of vehicular manslaughter should never be able to hold a license again as part of their sentence, so that kinda solves your hypothetical.
Edit: Let me remind you that the punishment for first degree murder in Victoria is only 30 years. I’d prefer to err on the side of leniency than end up like the US.
Edit: That has the same energy as “Criminals will keep stealing bread, so let’s send them to a land far, far away from here.” Like, the punishment has to fit the crime.
I feel people suffer more with life in prison, because I hope most of them will come to a realization of what they did and have to suffer. Too bad there’s no hard labor.
This is how you give governments and corporations an incentive for slavery. The USA has this and, coincidentally, the largest prison population on earth.
Fuck suffering. The system should be focused first on rehabilitation and second on seperating the person from society so they can’t harm others.
The infliction of suffering does nothing to help society at all. It just creates horribly broken people in prisons and encouraging hate outside.
If someone can’t be rehabilitated I see no issue in providing a comfortable isolated environment for them. Hell, give them whatever drugs they want too, who cares, just keep them away from society.
Luckily for us, most of society (in Australia, at least) disagrees with you.
The death penalty is barbaric, and has had many, many, many cases of being committed on innocent people in the US.
The justice system isn’t omnipotent, it’s just humans, afterall. Why yes, let’s make the consequence for getting it wrong death, that seems logical /s
This guy is a piece of shit, and in my opinion deserves more than 6 years of prison and a lifetime ban on operating any motor vehicle (or any heavy machinery full stop), but killing him?
This isn’t Gilead, and eye for an eye is not most Australians values.
Part of living in a society is paying taxes, and some of those taxes will go to things you don’t personally like, but society does (corruption, lobbying and inefficient notwithstanding).
And society has decided we’re living in 2025, not the middle ages. We don’t kill people. We aspire to giving people a second chance. In the grand scheme of things, prisons represent a tiny fraction of Australia’s budget.
I’d say it’s totally worth it if it means people’s family members aren’t being killed for doing something illegal.
There are some cases where the person is question is irredeemable, but I see this as the “cost of doing business” so to speak.
It’s the same reason we have innocent until proven guilty, better to let some guilty people walk free than lock up innocent people. And better to let some awful people live, rather than accidentally kill someone who doesn’t deserve it.
There’s a reason most civilised countries don’t have the death penalty anymore.
You think a piece of shit like that will ever reintegrate? They sent tens of texts while driving, kill them and kill them now. Are you ready to have one of your family be killed by a texting driver?
I’m hoping you’re not saying this in real life. Probably getting a lotta these 👀 after nuggets of wisdom like that.
You think a piece of shit like that will ever reintegrate? They sent tens of texts while driving
Why are you so sure they’re incapable of being rehabilitated? Humans are just black and white to you?
Are you ready to have one of your family be killed by a texting driver?
I’m sure as hell that the death penalty would do practically nothing to solve road deaths. Considering the US is far worse than us in road deaths, and they have the death penalty. It’s almost like we shouldn’t design our cities around everyone being required to drive :O
This obviously doesn’t absolve this arsehole of blame here. He’s clearly done the wrong thing, and deserves punishment and years (more than he received) in prison. But it’s just not the Australian way to kill criminals. Even for murder.
Anyway. I would strongly suggest you keep your pro-death penalty stance online only (your opinion, while I disagree with you, very strongly, is welcomed here. Online).
This all assumes you live in Australia, or basically anywhere in the developed world other than the US.
It’s literally one less mouth to feed and house. Would you be ready to be the next victim of a reckless driver? Maybe you could give them food and shelter, I really hope no tax dollars go to the upkeep of a manslaughterer
6 years doesn’t seem like much. The article says that this joker is a big time serial offender.
He’s lucky to have gotten anything. Usually you can kill people in a car and get away without any charge.
Based !fuckcars@lemmy.world enjoyer?
May I also interest you in: https://www.standards.org.au/news/revised-standard-recommends-larger-parking-bays-across-the-country
Luckily, they got massive backlash, and haven’t yet actually updated the standard after almost 2 years since.
I’m gonna be really angry if they do increase parking bay sizes.
Gotta love urban sprawl
A lawyer in Canberra killed a cyclist by driving too fast on an exit ramp and missing the road on three inside of the curve where the cycle lane is and where a cyclist was.
He was speeding, was likely drunk as he neither sought help for the cyclist nor turned himself in for several hours after the collision. All in all he was about the worst case of recklessly injuring someone and carelessly leaving them to die
He was fined a twenty thousandth of his salary
If we’re talking about Canberra, wait 'til you hear about Mike Hall. His killer didn’t face any punishment despite driving an unroadworthy vehicle and obviously not paying attention, to be able to not notice a cyclist in reflective clothing on a straight wide road. He was also probably speeding, but police used an outdated method of estimating speed which declared he wasn’t speeding.
☹️ this does not spark joy
As much as we’re not the US, it saddens me how much we permit cars to rule over our cities
Death penalty seems like a fair sentence for a piece of shit like him
Jesus fluffing christ mate, calm down.
“Ohhhh calm down, they only killed someone!” That’s what you sound like. Would you be ready to be the next victim of a reckless driver? If not, shut the fuck up, apologist
I’m not apologising for shit, I just don’t believe in the fluffing death penalty. I do firmly believe that perpetrators of vehicular manslaughter should never be able to hold a license again as part of their sentence, so that kinda solves your hypothetical.
Edit: Let me remind you that the punishment for first degree murder in Victoria is only 30 years. I’d prefer to err on the side of leniency than end up like the US.
Many criminals still drive even without a licence. Taking someone’s licence does not always solve the problem.
AND THE DEATH PENALTY IS THE SOLUTION TO THAT?!
Edit: That has the same energy as “Criminals will keep stealing bread, so let’s send them to a land far, far away from here.” Like, the punishment has to fit the crime.
I feel people suffer more with life in prison, because I hope most of them will come to a realization of what they did and have to suffer. Too bad there’s no hard labor.
This is how you give governments and corporations an incentive for slavery. The USA has this and, coincidentally, the largest prison population on earth.
Happy cake day!
Fuck suffering. The system should be focused first on rehabilitation and second on seperating the person from society so they can’t harm others.
The infliction of suffering does nothing to help society at all. It just creates horribly broken people in prisons and encouraging hate outside.
If someone can’t be rehabilitated I see no issue in providing a comfortable isolated environment for them. Hell, give them whatever drugs they want too, who cares, just keep them away from society.
So you’d want to pay for their upkeep. You do that, I’m not giving one cent for pieces of shit that don’t deserve an another chance
Luckily for us, most of society (in Australia, at least) disagrees with you.
The death penalty is barbaric, and has had many, many, many cases of being committed on innocent people in the US.
The justice system isn’t omnipotent, it’s just humans, afterall. Why yes, let’s make the consequence for getting it wrong death, that seems logical /s
This guy is a piece of shit, and in my opinion deserves more than 6 years of prison and a lifetime ban on operating any motor vehicle (or any heavy machinery full stop), but killing him?
This isn’t Gilead, and eye for an eye is not most Australians values.
Part of living in a society is paying taxes, and some of those taxes will go to things you don’t personally like, but society does (corruption, lobbying and inefficient notwithstanding).
And society has decided we’re living in 2025, not the middle ages. We don’t kill people. We aspire to giving people a second chance. In the grand scheme of things, prisons represent a tiny fraction of Australia’s budget.
I’d say it’s totally worth it if it means people’s family members aren’t being killed for doing something illegal.
There are some cases where the person is question is irredeemable, but I see this as the “cost of doing business” so to speak.
It’s the same reason we have innocent until proven guilty, better to let some guilty people walk free than lock up innocent people. And better to let some awful people live, rather than accidentally kill someone who doesn’t deserve it.
There’s a reason most civilised countries don’t have the death penalty anymore.
You think a piece of shit like that will ever reintegrate? They sent tens of texts while driving, kill them and kill them now. Are you ready to have one of your family be killed by a texting driver?
I’m hoping you’re not saying this in real life. Probably getting a lotta these 👀 after nuggets of wisdom like that.
Why are you so sure they’re incapable of being rehabilitated? Humans are just black and white to you?
I’m sure as hell that the death penalty would do practically nothing to solve road deaths. Considering the US is far worse than us in road deaths, and they have the death penalty. It’s almost like we shouldn’t design our cities around everyone being required to drive :O
This obviously doesn’t absolve this arsehole of blame here. He’s clearly done the wrong thing, and deserves punishment and years (more than he received) in prison. But it’s just not the Australian way to kill criminals. Even for murder.
Anyway. I would strongly suggest you keep your pro-death penalty stance online only (your opinion, while I disagree with you, very strongly, is welcomed here. Online).
This all assumes you live in Australia, or basically anywhere in the developed world other than the US.
People will judge you, rightly, in my opinion.
Just fyi, if cost is your concern, it costs more to give someone the death penalty than life in gaol.
It’s literally one less mouth to feed and house. Would you be ready to be the next victim of a reckless driver? Maybe you could give them food and shelter, I really hope no tax dollars go to the upkeep of a manslaughterer
nah. Make him ride a toddler’s push scooter. No more license. Only push scooters. Show everyone what a big boy he is