man beaten by motorists (not cycling!)

[Iris616]

Every thing about this story makes me sad. So many wasted lives over nothing!

Since I am not religious, I won't judge the man for praying before he turned himself in; maybe it's what he felt he needed to do. However, pleading "not guilty" and avoiding responsibility doesn't seem to be in line with christian beliefs.

[OakLeaf]

Pleading not guilty is not the same thing as avoiding responsibility. It's just an opportunity to let the system work, and not throw yourself on the mercy of one randomly selected judge (randomly selected on the duty wheel, I didn't mean randomly selected to the Bench ).