Category:
Community, Law
Level: National
Concerning: An
enacted policy that has been passed to deal with a problem/issue that
individuals/families face.
Why is this
important/how does this affect individuals/families? This issue has an
extremely negative affect on the Travis County community, specifically the
family of the victim. This incident is
also important in that it could serve as a precedent for future situations of
similar nature.
My Views: It is
hard to put my response to this article into words. It baffles me how a man who
participated in an intoxicated hit-and-run wreck that killed a toddler was only
given four years of probation. The only word that comes to mind is injustice. I
am flabbergasted by the lack of sentencing. This man, who was suspected to be
intoxicated, hit a small child with his car and fled the scene, leaving him to
die. This man should have been given life in prison. In addition to murdering
an innocent child, the man then tampered with physical evidence. I simply cannot
wrap my head around the fact that the “man has been placed on community
supervision”. That is NOT justice; it is a revolting example of the lack of
justice in our court system. My heart breaks for the family of the deceased
child. They have lost their two-year-old son, and will never get true justice
for his murder. I can only hope that this incident does not set a precedent for
future situations of similar nature. Based on this situation, it seems that an
individual can commit murder, flee the scene then tamper with evidence, and only be
given probation. Is that what a life is worth? Four years of “community
supervision”? I think not. This man deserves MUCH worse.
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