Quote Originally Posted by ultraviolet View Post
Feh.

+1 -- I've been thinking this exact same thing. And also that this uber-wealthy money guy and his uber-wealthy-protectionist DA sound like Fat Cat Republicans to me, but I wasn't going to say so out loud. Ha! I really don't see what a judge, liberal or otherwise, has to do with what charges a DA brings. And it's not like it's a class thing because the victim here is a surgeon and while he may not earn as much as uber-wealthy money guy, I imagine he's pretty comfortable. (And I'm a registered Independent, fwiw.)

Except for the lifetime of pain he's going to endure because of this accident.

I DO understand the desire for $$$ restitution on that point, and if uber-wealthy money guy is going to pay up big, he's going to need to work, so maybe all of that really did figure into the plea bargaining and the victim's lawyer was okay with it, in spite of the moral outrage. He gets paid more to, then, doesn't he?

In the end, it's really all about the money.


Roxy