"What about this handsome, virul young man's life?"
You mean something like this?
"Driver kills three motorcyclists, pays $70 in fines"
"On June 22, 2002, Butler was driving a van along U.S. Highway 30 near Chelsea, west of Cedar Rapids, when he crossed the centerline and plowed into six motorcyclists. Motorcyclists Arlen Pickering, 53, of Story City, Douglas Sampson, 51, of Ames, and Ross Holland, 57, of Boone, were killed in the crash."
"Motorcyclist Richard Vauble of Ames lost his right leg above the knee, while James Olson, of Ames, spent almost four months in the hospital unconscious. Wayne Wierson, also of Ames, suffered minor injuries."
"In January, a jury found Butler not guilty of three counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of serious injury by vehicle. A judge then found Butler guilty of the two traffic violations and on February 5 fined him $70."
"Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren, who prosecuted the case, was outraged over the fines and believes the judge could have imposed as much as 60 days in jail and $1,000 in fines for the two traffic infractions. He pushed to have the decision considered by the Iowa Supreme Court. "I don't think two $35 fines where three people are dead and two seriously injured was justice,'' Heeren told the Des Moines Register."
Or this case"
"The woman, Susan Elizabeth Williams, 35, of Ellicott City, rear-ended Dennis Jerry Sullivan, 42, at a stoplight in September. Williams was arrested for driving while intoxicated and was ticketed for negligent driving, which carried a $275 fine."
"Sullivan didn't appear seriously injured at the time but died from his injuries a few days later. Seven weeks after the crash, prosecutors filed the paperwork to drop the negligent driving charge and charge Williams with vehicular homicide, but Williams had already paid the negligent driving fine. The vehicular homicide charge was thrown out by a judge on April 1 because negligent driving is considered a lesser form of vehicular homicide."
