Donte Stillhurt commits vehicular manslaughter

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    On Yahoo's front page.
     
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    lsu-i-like Playoff advocate

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    Sounds like a nightmare.
     
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    I believe it. I hit a dog on HWY 90 about 8 yrs ago doing about 65mph. It wiped out the the entire front end of my truck. And that was a Lab I hit with a 88' Toyota pickup, back when trucks still had chrome front bumpers.

    I don't get what a "crane operator" is doing in harm's way? (unless Stillhurt was where he shouldn't have been)
     
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  6. BuickMakane

    BuickMakane Sign of things to come?

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    The articles I've seen don't have the detail to say it's manslaughter. Is that speculation? If so, that's pretty irresponsible.
     
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  7. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    True.

    I should have said vehicular homicide. Manslaughter only if it's due to gross negligence, which we don't know that as of yet.

    Thanks for pointing that out.

    Maybe a mod can change the thread title.
     
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  8. BuickMakane

    BuickMakane Sign of things to come?

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    But there might not be a crime at all...that's all I'm saying. People get hit by cars sometimes, and there's no criminality.
     
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  9. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Once again you are correct.

    I thought you either get charged with one or the other, with Manslaughter almost always being a felony and homicide considered a misdemeanor.

    But in the case of no fault to the driver (i.e., the person just ran out into the street without notice) you would be charged with either.

    Carry on.
     
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    I'm not a lawyer but if he was DWI it won't matter a lot if the person walked right out in front of him. He will still be blamed.
     
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