<p>barrons, I absolutely agree. Thank goodness for the small progress made in that area but there is still a long way to go. </p>
<p>Please spare me the “those outside the system don’t understand.” I completely understand that everyone deserve a defense. I truly do. I could go on and on about the shocking things I’ve heard defense attorneys say in front of juries that, of course, gets dismissed but the jury already heard it and that’s the point. </p>
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<p>What in the world does “how much he loved her” have to do with anything? </p>
<p>And are you really arguing that drunk people cannot control themselves? This is exactly the kind of out-dated bs that has allowed too many drunk drivers to make more than one family victims of their actions. You get drunk and get behind the wheel, your intentions are clear; you’re willing to kill someone rather than call a cab or sleep it off. You bash someone’s head repeatedly into a wall, again, intentions are clear; this person might die but you’re too angry to care.</p>