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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
This isn't about risk, it's about punishment, his actions caused some ones death, it's not like he was caught shop lifting after all
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Punishment is only one aspect of prison. There is also public protection and rehabilitation. All three should be in evidence, and all three should be in proportion to the crime.
Causing death by dangerous driving is rated way down the scale in comparison to manslaughter in our system (and rightly so). Intent should always be a significant factor when deciding on an appropriate sentence. The usual cries of "well there's a family that doesn't have its little girl for Christmas ever again" are
part of the consideration but they're not all of it.