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Street racer who killed young mother at bus stop gets only 5 years prison time. (www.oregonlive.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pdxfed to c/[email protected]

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These man children playing with their toys and what is the punishment, only 5 years? The victim's child, who will now be 7 has no mother for the rest of his life.

Here is the original story of the homicide https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/09/street-racer-gets-5-year-prison-sentence-in-crash-that-killed-26-year-old-woman-waiting-at-portland-bus-stop.html

You'd get 5 years for trying to hold up a plaid pantry and not hurting anyone, but plow through a bus stop at godknowshowfast while street racing and cream a young mother and alter her child's life forever? 5 years. Appalling.

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[–] thisisawayoflife -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Should have big mandatory minimums for this kind of thing, but we treat vehicle assaults very leniently here in Oregon - just look at the DUI wrecks with injury and killings.

But, that requires enforcement. PPB is so inept they can't even handle a takeover.

[–] pdxfed 5 points 1 year ago

It's not just Oregon, in the US pedestrians are absolutely disposable in a world where most folks get around by driving. Lawsuits pay but the rules don't change.