Australian Magistrates go lightly on drivers who kill

[phillc]

Here's an exerpt from the article -

Fifty motorcyclists gathered outside the State Magistratec Court at 4pm, 3 November 2004. The gathering was a protest against the ruling by Magistrate Ian Gray to allow a woman accused of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk, to be allowed to drive a car to and from work. The woman had left the scene in a car splattered with blood and pieces of flesh. Her lawyer successfully argued in court she needed her licence for her job as a sales representative.

Here's the rest of the article - http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/82340_comment.php#82387

Not sure I want to say to much more about that.

Phill:flame:

[lizzie]

What she seems to have done is dreadful, of course it is, but she hasn't actually been convicted of anything yet, has she? So she's innocent until proven guilty - and if proven guilty will hopefully serve a long sentence. I doubt that it would be any different anywhere in the western world. I don't how long it takes between the crime being committed and the trial, but I hope this one is somehow fast-tracked so she's dealt with ASAP.