Voltage blog entries tagged with: Georgia

 There's something seriously wrong with the prosecutors down in Georgia. Really? Your son gets hit by a drunk driver and you get prosecuted? It's so hard to process (for me) that this could happen. It's about moving people (and goods) - not about moving cars. Cars are a tool, one of many in the toolbox. Maybe jaywalking isn't the best idea, but given the situation is it really worth a possible 3 years in jail? And the drunk driver who's had multiple hit-and-runs only get 6 months on a plea? What constitutes a reason for a plea in this case? I'm an idiot and I live in Georgia?

"Nelson will be sentenced Tuesday and faces up to 12 months in prison for each of her three charges ... for a maximum of three years, which would be 30 months longer than the driver who killed Nelson’s son served."