DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter. (HB49)
Introduced By
Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield) with support from 8 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Penalty for DUI manslaughter. Provides that the punishment for DUI manslaughter is to include a one-year mandatory term of confinement and raises the mandatory minimum term for aggravated DUI manslaughter from one to five years. Amends § 18.2-36.1 (“Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
02/28/2012: passed committee
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Comments
Murder is murder, and 1 -5 years is a joke, it should be life in prison. Wheres all those big speaches about nothing more important than protecting kids. put up or shut up albo.
Both quick-summoned common sense and deep, reflective wisdom would dictate a mandatory minimum sentence for such offense. Invoke either to pass this bill.
Not passing it would seem to require a deliberate attempt to "rationalize" the irrational or "justify" the blatantly unjust. Do the right thing, solely for the sake of integrity and American society; politics have no place in the minds and hearts of those representatives whom we've entrusted to act on behalf of accountable citizens with fairness, character and integrity.
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