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Midnight
I am outraged by this! I saw on the news tonight that a drunk driver who hit and killed a 12-year-old boy (then drove away, ignoring the dying boy's cousin's plea for help, and later lied to police, saying her car was stolen), was sentenced today to only 6 months in jail. Here is an article from the Albany Times Union. I'm no activist on these issues, and I'm all for having fun, but we have to draw the line somewhere...at a way lower threshold than this case, which should have been a no-brainer. Clearly this judge doesn't have a clue. This sends a very bad message about all the heinous actions this woman took.

Is it any wonder that the exponentially-growing population of road ragers think their reckless behavior is perfectly fine? Five minutes late for work? Not a problem - speed, illegally pass, tailgate, run that stupid creep off the road, they deserve it for going so slowly. Done with happy hour? Get behind the wheel, you're a better driver than most other jerks on the road so you can handle it. Hit something? No sweat, it was probably only a mailbox, why bother checking? It really was something? Who cares? That's why they invented 911. Hey, if you want to be rude, harrass, or even murder someone, do it with your car.