Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Should this cop be jailed for what seems pretty obviously an accident? On average, over 100 people die per day in car crashes in the USA. Someone's screw up cost someone else their life. Unless the driver is impaired or obliterating a speed limit, most drivers who kill someone don't face any criminal charges.

Exactly.


People are sent to prison for accidents all the time. Have you two ever heard of negligent homicide or manslaughter?


Not for accidents. At least our laws aren't supposed to place such cases within the criminal court system. If someone goes to jail for a car wreck where someone is injured or killed, there's usually drugs or alcohol involved, or other reckless or malicious conduct.