<p>I think that this is really unfair and just shows how flawed the justice system is!</p>
<p>Yeah that’s really idiotic. Here’s a good analysis of it from a transit/urban planning blog:</p>
<p>[The</a> streets and the courts failed Raquel Nelson - Greater Greater Washington](<a href=“http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11396/the-streets-and-the-courts-failed-raquel-nelson/]The”>http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11396/the-streets-and-the-courts-failed-raquel-nelson/)</p>
<p>What disgusts me is that the alcoholic idiot who actually killed her son will get a lighter sentence. **** drunk drivers.</p>
<p>we get it. our legal system is flawed. become someone and change it if you must.</p>
<p>This makes me sick. I had a good friend die from a DD hit and run accident and my dad was hit by a DD 7 years ago (still very messed up from it and can’t work). The fact that the guy who killed this boy was only given 6 months is just f*ed up. I’m sorry, you take a life and you don’t get to walk free- at least not for a good long while. </p>
<p>The mother has been punished enough. All this is really doing is forcing those other children to lose their mother after they already lost a brother. Sickening.</p>
<p>In all my times of living in a city or a town… I have never seen anyone walk to a cross walk at that distance (3/10 of a mile). And… I have seen police officers, fireman, prosecutors, judges and attorneys all J-Walk as well. This man drank and hit and run… killed someone… You bet he would have done the same if they had been in a cross walk.</p>
<p>All I can say is smh…</p>
<p>Not to mention that this was the driver’s third time committing a hit and run.</p>
<p>yeah but we will just wait to see what her conviction is tomarow</p>
<p>Wow! Just WOW!</p>
<p>I never jaywalked with my kids but where I live crosswalks are a lot closer than 3/10ths of a mile apart. I don’t know that I also wouldn’t have done what Raquel did in her position.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine the horror of seeing your baby killed in front of you and then going to jail for what is essentially a bad decision. I would hope that she would be given a suspended sentence and probation. In addition, she should sue the drunk driver for wrongful death of her son and emotional distress.</p>
<p>Whoever mentioned Casey Anthony is right. That one got away with murder (I hear OJ is single) and this poor woman winds up in jail.</p>
<p>That’s awful!
I recommend everyone go sign the online petition mentioned at the end of the article. I went and signed, and not sure if it’ll make a difference, but it’s better than nothing.</p>
<p>Perhaps it’s time for more rigorous testing of jurors to determine whether they’re actually somewhat intelligent?</p>
<p>How this woman ends up in jail when Casey Anthony - whose guilt was indeed proven beyond a reasonable doubt (which does not require forensic evidence) - walks completely is just beyond me.</p>
<p>As for the driver, the sentence is ridiculous. A DUI coupled with involuntary manslaughter should not warrant less jail time than jaywalking. While I agree this woman may have been guilty of reckless conduct, she’s certainly not guilty of any form of homicide.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t have J walked. It’s illegal for a reason. That being, you might get hit by a car.
If her illegal activity directly or indirectly caused harm to another individual she should be held accountable.</p>
<p>she didn’t get any jail time :)</p>
<p>I am right there with RedSeven…Casey Anthony walked and this mother had charges brought against her. The whole thing seems outrageous.</p>
<p>I was wondering, before I even opened the thread, “How long before I hear the name ‘Casey Anthony’?” We have a winner.</p>