07-08-2015, 12:21 PM
(07-08-2015, 12:11 PM)djs7685 Wrote: If she failed to maintain proper distance and happened to kill somebody in a car, should she be charged with vehicular manslaughter?
Same rules should apply here. She performed a traffic violation which resulted in the death of another human being. She should be charged. I really don't understand how people are even arguing otherwise.
Because a simple traffic violation does not meet the standard required to convict someone of vehicular homicide.
By definition almost every single accident of any kind can be avoided with more care. But people are killed in accidents every day with no criminal charges.
There could still be some sort of civil case filed, and she may be found liable in a wrongful death action. But it takes more to convict a person of vehicular homicide than just being negligent.
