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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Brian WhiteheadBrian Whitehead Date: May 12, 2008 02:12
On 12 May, 07:45, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> On 11 May, 12:43, %%ste...@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> >> .. of Duhng's toes, if not another foot.
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>> His often repeated and hollow claim that motorists are never charged
>> with attempted murder or murder when they use their vehicle as a weapon
>> lies in tatters:
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>> I'm cracking a wry smile that it happened in the People's Paradise of
>> Yorkshire (tm Conor).
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> I never said never and in this case obviously hitting a copper is
> punished much more severely than if it was an ordinary member of the
> public.The fact remains that a majority of killers in cars are merely
> charged with careless or dangerous driving, not manslaughter as it
> should be.
Manslaughter, whilst available for road traffic offences, requires a
much higher recognition by the defendant of the risk of death than
does death by dangerous driving. If manslaughter was charged in the
majority of cases, as you suggest, then a majority of cases would
fail. That is why the CPS opts for the charge of death by dangerous
driving, as you have been told many times before.
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